REpower will deliver wind turbines that provide up to 954MW of power. The agreement between REpower and Woodward includes up to 477 wind power converters to be delivered between 2011 and 2015.
Gerhard Lauffer, president of Electrical Power Systems at Woodward, said: “Woodward is proud to be selected as the single-source supplier for the power converters to REpower for the Hydro-Quebec project.
“This agreement strengthens our relationship with REpower, especially in Canada and the US. In the past several years, the wind turbine market has experienced tremendous growth globally, and we are confident that we will continue to increase sales in the power conversion area in 2010 and beyond.”
The power converters will be manufactured at Woodward’s Colorado plant and will also include content manufactured in the Gaspesie region of Canada.
Woodward has supplied CONCYCLE converters for REpower wind turbines for more than eight years. The converters control the voltage and power from wind turbine generators so voltage and frequency are constant, independent of the variable rotation speed from the wind turbine.
Woodward is a designer, manufacturer, and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions used in infrastructure equipment.
