aerodyn: Hyosung Corporation installs aeroMaster 5.0 Prototype on Jeju Island, Korea

Hyosung Corporation, the Korean power and industrial systems company and wind turbine manufacturer, installed the prototype on Jeju-island south of the Korean peninsula. The wind turbine with a rotor diameter of 139 m and 5 MW power has a high-speed drive train with a medium voltage generator. The turbine was developed incorporating the well-proven aeroMaster drive train concept. This concept is already used in designs for 1.5 and 2.5 MW onshore turbines. The aeroMaster 5.0 is already the third 5 MW offshore wind turbine from aerodyn. More than 10% of wind turbines installed around the globe originate from this German engineering firm. A second prototype of the 5 MW turbine will be installed during the course of this year by a Chinese manufacturer. A fourth offshore design from aerodyn with 6 MW power and an integrated drive train (SCD) will also go into operation this year.