DOE-Epri Distributed Wind turbine Verification Program (TVP III)

摘要

In 1992, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiated the Utility Wind Turbine Verification Program (TVP). The goal of the program is to evaluate prototype advanced wind turbines at several sites developed by U.S. electric utility companies. Two six MW wind projects have been installed under the TVP program by Central and South West Services in Fort Davis, Texas and Green Mountain Power Corporation in Searsburg, Wermont. In early 1997, DOE and EPRI selected five more utility projects to evaluate distributed wind generation usign smaller "clusters" of wind turbines connected directly to the electricity distribution system. This paper presents and overview of the objectives, scope, and status of the EPRI-DOE TVP program and the existing and planned TVP projects.