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The Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility is a collaborative research facility, located at the Reese Technology Center in Lubbock, Texas, in the United States.[1] It is the first public facility to use multiple wind turbines to measure turbine performance in a wind farm environment as a user facility for the Wind Energy Technologies Office of the United States Department of Energy.[2] The project was formally commissioned in the summer of 2013.[1]
Partners
[edit]Some of the present research collaboration involves the following research partners:[1]
- Texas Tech University
- National Wind Institute
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) for the Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) of the U.S. Department of Energy[3]
- Vestas, a Danish wind company[4]
- Group NIRE, a renewable energy corporation created in 2010 by Texas Tech.
Facilities
[edit]The SWiFT facilities consist of:[3]
- SWiFT Wind Turbines: Three research-scale wind turbines (modified Vestas V27s), two deployed by Sandia and the third one by Vesta
- Meteorological (MET) Towers: Two 60-meter-tall anemometer towers for measuring wind speed
- Control Building: Housing 640 square feet of computing space for wind-turbine control
- Assembly Building: A 5,500 square foot, environmentally controlled high-bay assembly area with machining capabilities (lathe, multiple mills, drill press, welders, and related items)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "DOE/SNL Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility". National Wind Institute. Texas Tech University. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Making history in wind studies". sandia.gov/labnews. Sandia National Laboratories. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- 1 2 "Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility (SWiFT)". energy.sandia.gov. Sandia National Laboratories.
- ↑ "This is Vestas". vestas.com. Retrieved June 8, 2024.