Wind Energy Generator Equipment

Wind Energy Generator Equipment covers the electrical equipment around wind generation: generator step-up transformers that take turbine output voltage up to collection or transmission voltage, collector substation equipment, switchgear and protection, cabling, and the grid connection equipment a wind farm requires.

A generator transformer in a wind application works under different conditions from a distribution unit, because it runs at or near full load continuously whenever the plant is generating and cycles with wind availability rather than with a daily demand curve. That makes losses, cooling capacity and thermal cycling central to the specification rather than secondary. Voltage ratio is fixed by the turbine on one side and the grid connection on the other, so every unit is project specific and is quoted against the project's electrical design.

Wind equipment is procured through formal tendering and is frequently financed by climate and energy funds. Energy ministries, electricity transmission and distribution utilities, state power and renewable energy corporations, independent power producers under government concessions, industrial development corporations, and renewable energy and grid integration projects financed by development banks and climate funds all buy this way. We quote against the project specification and provide guaranteed technical particulars, type and routine test reports, loss and thermal cycling data, grid code compliance documentation where required, make and origin declarations, warranty terms, commissioning scope and third-party inspection at works.

Send us your turbine rating, output voltage and grid connection voltage, and we will specify the equipment and quote it.