Innovative Grid-Connected, Small-Scale Wind Turbine Generators Offering Low Cost and Wide Operating Speed Range

对化石燃料可持续性问题的日益关注，导致全球对风力发电产生了浓厚的兴趣。并网逆变器是一种有效的方式，利用小型风力涡轮机的家庭，农场或小型商业物业，有接入电网。现有的小型并网风力涡轮机价格昂贵，运行风速范围有限。我们正在研究低成本风力发电机的新设计，这种发电机可以在很大的风速范围内发电。该项目将使小型风力发电机在澳大利亚得到更广泛的应用，并减少化石燃料的使用和温室气体的排放。

Growing concerns about sustainability issues with fossil fuels have resulted in strong interest in wind power worldwide. Grid-connected inverters are an efficient way of utilising small wind turbines on domestic, farming or small commercial properties which have access to the power grid. Existing small-scale, grid-connected wind turbines are expensive and have a limited operating wind speed range. We are investigating new designs for low-cost wind turbine generators which can produce power over a wide range of wind speeds. The project should result in a greater application of small-scale wind generators in Australia and will lead to reductions in fossil fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions.