Gamma 60 wind turbine

rdf:langString Gamma 60 wind turbine

rdf:langString Gamma 60 wind turbine

rdf:langString Two-bladed, upwind, teetered, variable speed, yaw control, horizontal-axis wind turbines

rdf:langString Alta Nurra, Sardinia, Italy

rdf:langString The Gamma 60 wind turbine, a 1.5 MW two-bladed upwind horizontal axis wind turbine, was installed by Wind Energy Systems Taranto S.p.A. (WEST) at Alta Nurra, Sardinia, Italy in April 1992. Founded on original research and development work by NASA and Hamilton Standard (then a division of United Technologies Corporation), the Gamma 60 wind turbine was the world's first variable speed wind turbine with a teetering hinge. The Gamma 60 wind turbine was commissioned to assess the feasibility and performance of power regulation through yaw control, rather than industry-standard blade pitch control, including broad range variable speed in a two-bladed teetering hinge wind turbine. The WEST Gamma 60 wind turbine project team included Hamilton Standard, ENEL, Aeritalia, Finmeccanica (now Leonardo S.p.A.), ENEA (Italy), and Sulzer. Three Gamma turbines were manufactured, and one was erected and successfully tested from 1992 - 1997 on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. Commercialization of the Gamma 60 prototype was planned, including a conditional investment for 10 Gamma turbines by a US utility, but legal disputes and contractual claims between WEST and ENEL, the privatization of ENEL, and tumbling oil prices in 1998 resulted in the program's cancellation.

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rdf:langString ITL ₤39,000 million

rdf:langString Wind Energy Systems Taranto S.p.A., Hamilton Standard, ENEL, Aeritalia, Finmeccanica, ENEA (Italy), and Sulzer