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Figure 18.3
GROWIAN wind turbine (Photo: Flemming Hagensen).
The loss of face for the German wind industry was enormous.
But when the test project was ceased in 1988, GROWIAN supporters
had few but strong arguments: Firstly, lots of valuable information
and experience was won regarding production, installation,
operation and grid-integration. Secondly, GROWIAN proved that
large wind turbines could be built. And thirdly, it was clear for
everyone that unknown technical territory was entered. Thus,
failures and problems were no disgrace but necessary.
Future research turbines, for example, WKA-60, would incor-
porate the know-how gained in the GROWIAN project.
GROWIAN II/WKA-60
One of the last greater federal research projects was a three-bladed,
pitchable upwind turbine rated at 1.2 MW—WindKraftAnlage-60
(WKA-60). It was the direct successor of GROWIAN, and included
the know-how gained with GROWIAN.
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