Superconducting generators for wind turbines

Of particular importance at present is the issue of increasing the efficiency of electric power equipment of wind power plants (wind turbines) by increasing the unit capacity of wind generators, which inevitably leads to an increase in their weight and size characteristics and cost. The solution to the problem of reducing the weight of wind turbines can be implemented with the introduction of HTS technologies. The article presents an overview of the foreign developments of wind generators based on high-temperature superconducting (HTS) materials, describes of the design first of Russia 1 MVA superconducting synchronous generator with the field coils made of 2G HTS tape.