GE - Model 1.7-100/103 - Wind Turbine

About the 1.7-100/103

Class: IEC TC IIIs

107-100 Hub Heights: 80m, 96m(60Hz only)
107-100 Tip Heights: 130m, 146m
107-103 Hub Heights: 80m
107-103 Tip Heights: 131.5m
Noise: 107dBA, 105dBA with low noise trailing edge technology
Frequency: 50Hz and 60Hz
107-100 Blades: 48.7m
107-103 Blades: 50.2m
Technology: Model based controls, low noise trailing edge, vortex generators, weak grid support

Features & Benefits

• Higher AEP than its 1.6 predecessors
• Highest capacity factor in its class
• Designed to meet or exceed the 1.5 MW platform’s historic high availability
• Grid friendly options are available - Enhanced Reactive Power, Voltage Ride Thru, Power Factor Control
• Wind Farm Control System; WindSCADA™
• Sharing of components with family products
• GE proprietary 48.7 meter blade
• Ultra-quiet power production Low Noise Trailing Edge serrations
• Available in both 50 Hz and 60 Hz versions for global suitability

Design

• World’s most efficient wind turbine with the highest capacity factor in its class…53% at 7.5 m/s
• Type Class II performance in a Type Class III environment
• Builds on proven performance of GE’s 1.5 megawatt platform, the most widely deployed wind turbine
• Incorporates certified component designs from GE’s 2.5 megawatt platform
• 47% increase in swept area and 19% increase in annual energy production, for the 1.6-100 and 24% increase for the 1.7-100

Specifications

• Designed to IEC 61400-1
• Class S winds: 7.5 m/s average wind speed; B turbulence intensity
• Standard and cold weather extreme options
• Standard tower corrosion protection; C2 internal and C3 external with optional C4 internal and C5 external available
• Rotational direction: Clockwise viewed from an upwind location
• Speed regulation: Electric drive pitch control with battery backup
• Aerodynamic brake: Full feathering of blade pitch