14 DAY TRIAL // Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines Vestas claims to have figured out a way to get wind turbines installed in low wind sites to perform better than they currently do.
On its website, the wind energy company details that this solution is making wind turbines taller than they normally would be with the help of a so-called Large Diameter Steel Tower.
Vestas details that its Large Diameter Steel Tower is intended to up the tower height of wind turbines, and works on the principle that wind is stronger at higher elevations, Clean Technica reports.
According to the same source, specialists working with Vestas estimate that, with the help of the Large Diameter Steel Tower, annual energy production in low wind sites could increase by about 8%.
What's more, the company argues that its solution to up the energy output of wind turbines operating in low wind sites is surprisingly appealing financially-wise.
“The Large Diameter Steel Tower enables cost effective taller towers to take advantage of stronger wind conditions at higher hub heights for the V117-3.3 MW and V126-3.3 MW turbines, increasing annual energy production and therefore revenue for customers,” the company says.
“The new solution boosts annual energy production on low wind sites by up to eight per cent,” Vestas further explains on its website.