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Parker Hannifin to Supply Inverters to Green Energy Technologies
-- Business & Technology News, 30 June 2009
Parker Hannifin's SSD Drives Division will provide power conversion systems and generators to Green Energy Technologies, for their recently launched WindCube, a 60kW rooftop wind turbine designed for on-site power generation by commercial and industrial power users in urban and suburban locations. The turbine, which captures and amplifies the wind, fills a previously unmet need for wind turbines. The WindCube turbine is available as a single (60kW) or dual (120kW) system and in rooftop or tower-mounted design. The product is modular to satisfy a customer's electrical requirements, and produces the same amount of energy in a 22’x22’x12’ framework as a traditional turbine with blades 50 feet in diameter, says Green Energy Technologies.The control system provided by Parker includes a main AC890 grid-tie inverter and a smaller AC890 motor drive for the yaw mechanism. Both devices communicate with an operator-friendly touch-screen over Ethernet. All of this is mounted and wired in a control cabinet for ease of installation at the site. In addition to the electronics, Parker is also providing the PMAC generator and a servo motor for the yaw mechanism and pre-configured cable sets.