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SkyWind wins Windalliance Technology Award

SkyWind GmbH has today received the Windalliance’s technology award. The four-strong jury of experts honoured the Rendsburg (Schleswig-Holstein) based company at a ceremony held during the leading international wind industry trade fair, HUSUM WindEnergy.
SkyWind wins Windalliance Technology Award

Skywind was selected for the award after coming up with a novel solution for testing new components for wind turbines rather than on a supplier’s test benches or at research establishments.

SkyWind's modular test turbine in the multi-megawatt range can be used by manufacturers to test their products under real conditions. The wind turbine has a modular design which enables the main components – such as gears, generators and main bearings – to be separately controlled, exchanged and tested during operation. This means it is possible to install components and very varied drive concepts from different manufacturers into the system without the need for cost-intensive customisation work.

“Unique, ambitious and revolutionary”

The tower of the 3.4-megawatt system also serves as a crane. This means that the turbine can also be erected at not easily accessible locations with little effort, which also further reduces costs. For example, less clearing is required at high-altitude wooded sites, and also less transport effort and costs. The first test turbine is to be erected in summer 2013, prior to series production.

“SkyWind’s overall concept is at the same time unique, ambitious and revolutionary,” says juror Alois Schaffarczyk, professor of mathematics and engineering mechanics at Kiel University of Applied Science, in his laudation.

The four-person jury was unanimous in its decision to award the prize to SkyWind.  “The concept is a milestone in cost reduction. We hope that our decision will give the wind industry motivation to develop further creative cost reduction solutions.”

In addition to SkyWind, the other nominated businesses, Münster-based Kenersys Europe and HOCHTIEF Solutions, represented by its centres of excellence for offshore wind and tunnel construction in Hamburg and Essen, presented their innovations to the public at the award ceremony in Husum,

The Windalliance Technology Award is an international technology prize jointly awarded by Deutsche Messe AG and Messe Husum, first presented at the HUSUM WindEnergy 2012 trade fair. The organisers use the award to honour outstanding innovations in the product and service sectors of the international wind industry.

On being nominated for this year's Windalliance Technology Award, as well as a statue by north German sculptor Wilhelm Bühse, SkyWind wins advertising and exhibition space at Hannover Messe 2013 and HUSUM WindEnergy 2014 to the value of €30,000.

For additional information:

SkyWind (website in German only)

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