By Greentech Lead Team: DeWind Co, the US-based manufacturer
of wind turbines and wholly-owned subsidiary of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine
Engineering, announced the commissioning and commercial operation of the
ten DeWind D8.2 wind turbines at the 20 MW Frisco Wind Farm in the
North Texas panhandle near the Texas-Oklahoma border.
“Completion of the Frisco Wind Farm marks the latest
milestone in the overall deployment of the unique DeWind D8.2 wind turbine
technology to the North American market, while further showcasing the
technology and demonstrating the capabilities of the D8.2 architecture. The
Frisco Wind Farm also serves as the precursor to additional DeWind turbine
installations slated for North America during 2012,” said Robert
Rugh, president and CEO of DeWind Co.
The Frisco Wind Farm is expected to offset an annual
nominal average of 39,726.5 tons of CO2 emissions and provide enough
electricity to power almost 6,000 average American households.
The Frisco Wind Farm features DeWind’s 2.0 MW D8.2
platform. TECO-Westinghouse, the manufacturing subcontractor to DeWind Co,
assembled the 2.0 MW DeWind D8.2 wind turbines in-state at their Round Rock,
Texas facility.
Signal Energy, a major design/build general contractor
providing engineering, procurement and construction services to the North
American renewable energy industry, has installed wind turbines and towers for the project.
The D8.2 utilizes the advanced WinDrive hydrodynamic
torque converter developed by Voith AG, in combination with a fixed speed
synchronous high voltage AC generator which connects directly to the grid
without power conversion electronics.
The Frisco Wind Farm is DeWind’s single largest US-based
operating project to date, adding to DeWind’s global installed base of more
than 1600 MW.
DeWind Co installed DeWind 2.0 MW
turbines for a variety of locations in Europe, Asia, South America and North
America. Additional projects utilizing DeWind turbines are slated for
completion during 2012, with DeWind’s North American installed base approaching
200 MW by the end of the year.