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AKE: Arbeitskreis Energie

AKE 11: Erneuerbare Energie 5 - Windenergie, Systeme

AKE 11.1: Invited Talk

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 14:00–14:30, DO24 Reuter Saal

Small is beautiful but big is better: the tale of wind energy technology development — •Po Wen Cheng — Institute of Aircraft Design, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

The development of wind turbine technology has a long history. Different development paths have been chosen by the the design engineers of the first hours with different outcome. In this talk the historical development of the wind turbine in the seventies and eighties will be illustrated briefly and used as a starting point to explain how the historical developments have determined heavily the current state of the art of wind turbine technology. Furthermore, the future technology development trends as well as the scientific and technical challenges that lie ahead of wind energy, onshore as well as offshore will be presented and discussed.