Feasibility Study for the Commercialisation of a Ferrite-Based Permanent Magnet Generator for the UK Onshore Wind Market

该项目的目的是为英国陆上风电市场开发多兆瓦发电机进行可行性研究(第一阶段)。其意图是，当客户的要求得到确认后，GreenSpur将提交第二阶段申请，以开发和演示多兆瓦发电机。这将导致一个新的、高价值的英国供应链研究、开发、建造和测试一种新的英国发电机技术。这一结果将对更广泛的英国经济产生战略好处，因为新冠肺炎疫情造成的破坏严重影响了全球供应链，使英国风力涡轮机的部署陷入停滞，并暴露出英国长期依赖欧洲OEM。第二阶段发电机的开发将成为英国海上风力涡轮机市场的垫脚石。GreenSpur提出的解决方案是：1)高度创新，因为它使用的原材料比目前最先进的技术使用的原材料更便宜，来源更可持续。2)实用性和可交付性，因为第一阶段将评估和确认客户规格，第二阶段将与积极的英国供应链接触，以制定确认的市场需求。3)具有成本竞争力的解决方案，因为它使用丰富而廉价的铁氧体磁体来取代稀有而昂贵的稀土磁体。4)可持续创新，将得到新的、环境清洁的英国供应链的支持。该项目将解决英国政府在其清洁增长战略中包含的“能源、商业和工业脱碳”的主题，因为GreenSpur的发电机设计用于从风力涡轮机生产低成本的可再生能源。这一声明的目标是“确保英国成为低碳创新者运营的最佳地点”。与这一目标一致，GreenSpur的发电机技术将(1)降低海上风能的成本，(2)支持英国成为全球低碳创新领导者的雄心。采用这一方法将利用私营部门的投资，建立强有力的国际伙伴关系，并创造出口机会。该项目的两个次要主题是：1)提高我们自然资源的效益和价值，这是通过在发电机内用稀土磁铁取代铁氧体来实现的。2)适应和缓解气候变化，这是通过增加可再生能源发电量来抵消碳排放并促进英国政府到2050年实现净零排放的目标来实现的。

The purpose of the project is to conduct a Feasibility Study (phase 1) on the development of a multi-MW generator for the UK onshore wind market. The intention is that when customer requirements are confirmed that GreenSpur will submit a phase 2 application to develop and demonstrate the multi-MW generator. This will result in a new UK generator technology researched, developed, built and tested by a new and high value UK supply chain. The outcome will be of strategic benefit to the wider UK economy, as the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted global supply chains, stalled the deployment of UK wind turbines and exposed a long-term UK reliance on European OEMs. The development of the generator in phase 2 will act as a steppingstone to the UK offshore wind turbine market. GreenSpur's proposed solution is: 1) Highly innovative, as it uses raw materials that are cheaper and more sustainably sourced than this used in current state of the art technologies. 2) Practical and deliverable, as phase 1 will assess and confirm a customer specification and phase 2 will engage with a motivated UK supply chain to develop a confirmed market requirement. 3) Cost competitive solution, as it uses ferrite magnets, which are abundant and cheap, in substitution of a rare earth ones, which are scarce and expensive. 4) A sustainable innovation that will be supported by a new and environmentally clean UK supply chain. The project will address the UK Government's "decarbonising energy, business and industry" theme contained with its Clean Growth Strategy, as GreenSpur's generator has been designed to produce low cost renewable energy from wind turbines. This stated aim of "Ensuring the UK is the Best Place for Low Carbon Innovators" to operate. Consistent with this objective, GreenSpur's generator technology will (1) reduce the cost of offshore wind energy and (2) support the UK's ambition to become a global leader in low carbon innovation. Adopting this approach will leverage private sector investment, create strong international partnerships and create export opportunities. Two secondary themes to the project are: 1) Enhancing the benefits and value of our natural resources, which is achieved by the substitution of rare earth magnets for ferrite within the generator. 2) Climate change adaption and mitigation, which is achieved by increasing the amount of renewable energy generated to offset carbon emissions and contribute to the UK Government's net zero by 2050 target.