A spokesperson for consortium leader Marubeni tells Recharge that the group has decided to wait to install the first 7MW turbine so it can finish testing the machine — which uses MHI’s digital displacement transmission (DDT) hydraulics system to turn a brushless synchronous generator — in Hunterston, western Scotland.
A spokesperson for the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) also notes that “very severe” winter weather conditions off Japan’s Pacific coast have also played a role in the consortium’s decision to postpone installation of the first 7MW turbine on a three-column semi-submersible floating platform.
