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Chennai-based ReGen Powertech has come up with a made-for-India wind turbine with a capacity of 2.8 MW.
The machine’s blades will sweep a circle of a diameter of 109 metres. The wind turbine has been developed by ReGen’s wholly-owned R&D subsidiary in Germany, Wind Direct GmbH, and the company intends to make the machine available for sale by the end of next year.
A prototype of the turbine is currently undergoing testing at ReGen’s test site near Coimbatore.
Unique feature
A unique feature of this (permanent magnet, gearless) turbine is that it comprises two independent power systems of 1.4 MW capacity each. This allows operation of the turbine at half the rated power, so that when one segment is working, the other could be taken up for maintenance.
Besides, the box that sits on the top of the tower – the nacelle – weighs 156 tonnes, compared with 250 tonnes of other machines of similar rated capacity, says a press release from ReGen.
ReGen Powertech, set up by Madhusudhan Khemka, has been in the Indian market for the last six years and has about 1,500 MW of standing machines in India and Sri Lanka behind it.
It currently manufactures 1.5 MW synchronous permanent magnet gearless wind turbines with a technology agreement with Vensys, Germany. Its clientele includes names such as Tata Power, Renew Power, NSL Power, Green Infra, Greenko, Mytrah, NuPower, Orange Power and Bhilwara Energy.
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