The effect of the marine environment on the stator insulation system of an offshore wind turbine generator

Author

Xuezhong Liu ; Tianlong Zhang ; Rui Zhang ; Yonggang Bai ; Xiaoxia Ding ; Dan Zhao ; Chenxing Wang ; Fangwen Wang ; Tangze Chen

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Electr. Insulation & Power Equip., Xi´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´an, China

Volume

31

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

May-June 2015

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

17

Abstract

Wind energy generation has been projected to continue to play a key role in the decarbonization of developed global economies. Over the past decades, wind power generation has seen dramatic growth. More than 35 GW of new wind power capacity was brought online in 2013, making the global total installed power around 318 GW at the end of 2013, and the average annual growth rate over the last 10 years has been around 21% [1]. Onshore wind energy technology is well established and mature. As the onshore wind market approaches saturation, development programs of offshore wind farms are underway in many countries. In 2013, 1.63 GW of new offshore capacity was added, making an installed total of 7.05 GW. Figure 1 shows a global distribution of offshore wind power generation at the end of 2013 [2].

Keywords

offshore installations; wind power plants; wind turbines; marine environment; offshore capacity; offshore wind farms; offshore wind turbine generator; stator insulation system; wind power capacity; wind power generation; Insulation; Offshore installations; Stator cores; Wind turbines; insulation system; marine environment; offshore; wind turbine generator;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electrical Insulation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0883-7554

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MEI.2015.7089117

Filename

7089117