"It was extremely important for us to keep this project [here], close to our manufacturing facilities, our team of engineers and the unique Fraunhofer IWES test bench [where the drive-train is being tested]," said Adwen general manager Luis Alvarez.
The AD8-180 is the most powerful offshore model yet devised by the industry. The turbine will fly recording-setting 88.4 metre-long LM blades that turn an 87-tonne medium-speed, two-stage planetary gearbox, a water-cooled permanent magnet generator (PMG), and full power, with production entering the grid at either 33kV or 66kV.
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