A consortium of World Wide Wind (WWW) and Uppsala University (UU) has received a NOK 5 million grant from Eureka Eurostars through the Norwegian Research Council and Vinnova in Sweden.
The supported project will develop Rare Earth Elements (REE) free permanent magnet generators, which will be used in concepts such as tilting counter-rotating wind turbines. During the 30-month project, the consortium will design, develop, and validate a direct drive generator. Ferrite will be used as the permanent magnet, eliminating the requirement for REE. The generator is expected to achieve a higher conversion efficiency from mechanical input to electricity, with rotor and stator moving separately, a more compact design along with electrical control of the turbine rotational speed. The generator will be suitable for underwater placement making it suitable for floating offshore wind (FOW) applications.
