From our early start in the 1970s, as Northern Power Systems, to today’s development of megawatt power converters for direct-drive variable-speed permanent magnet drivetrains, Distributed Energy Systems’ wind power experience has spanned the wind industry.
The depth of our experience in the wind industry includes expertise in wind feasibility assessment, wind farm pre-development, wind turbine design and engineering, and the development of power electronics for variable speed direct drive wind turbines. We are a founding member of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and regularly present at major industry conferences on wind project feasibility, turbine performance and turbine design and engineering.
Distributed Energy Systems has installed wind turbines throughout the world, including the South Pole, the Sahara Desert and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Wind Test Site at Golden, Colorado. Our turbines on Antarctica have successfully operated for almost 20 years in winds up to 88.5 m/s (198 mph) and temperatures as low as -80º C (-112º F). A pioneer in matching appropriate turbine technology to specific project site conditions, Distributed Energy Systems' power electronics group has always been on the leading edge in designing and testing power conversion hardware and software for a variety of generation system and wind turbines.
