The
Switch
supplied
permanent-magnet
generator
(PMG)
and
full-power
converter
(FPC)
packages
to
Haizhuang
Windpower
(HZW)
for
its
new
5MW
machine.
The
optimised
drive
trains,
known
as
The
Switch
Drive,
represent
the
highest
power
range
that
The
Switch
has
commissioned
to
date,
says
the
Finnish
group.
Two
of
the
5MW
turbines
are
up
and
running
on
wetlands
in
China.
HZW
says
it
already
has
two
customers
interested
in
deploying
the
machines
offshore.
Tao
Youchuan,
vice
president
of
HZW,
says:
“Our
aim
is
to
become
one
of
the
top
three
wind
power
equipment
manufacturers…
