Market Review for Small and Medium Size Wind Turbines

This report was prepared by Gerhard Zieroth. This market survey limits itself to small and medium sized wind turbines from 10 to 300 kW and intends to identify suitable turbines for the application of wind energy projects in small islands with isolated electric networks. As such, the principal modes of operation for wind turbines in such systems – notably battery operated grid systems, standard grid parallel operation, high penetration and wind/diesel hybrid mode – are discussed, before the requirements for wind turbines in such systems are defined.