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Figure 10-1. The 2.0-MW Gamma 60 HAWT embodies the compliant architecture
philosophy in its flexible tower, teetered hub, low-modulus blade material, and broad-
range variable-speed power train.
Power is controlled by yawing the rotor, a maneuver
made possible by the load alleviation resulting from soft-system design. (
Courtesy of Wind
Energy Systems Taranto S.p.A.
)
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