Micro-wind generators

Wind generation is a “clean energy” source which is expected to experience the highest growth in the near future among the various renewables. If suitably exploited, wind energy can, in fact, remarkably (although discontinuously) contribute to meet the global electric power demand. Wind energy can be exploited at different levels and in different ways, ranging from off-shore wind farms to micro-wind generators to be installed in domestic and urban environments. All the applications, however, call for special electric generators to be coupled to wind turbines. Such generators need to be carefully sized and designed to meet application requirements, which often include demanding constraints in terms of size, noise, vibration and wide-speed-range operation.

The Dept. of Engineering and Architecture - DIA at the University of Trieste has taken part in various research projects intended to develop new wind generator prototypes, mainly in cooperation with InterWind and with Nidec-ASI.