American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has announced it has received an order from Suzlon Energy Australia Pty. Ltd. (SEA) for a Dynamic VAR (D-VAR) system for Australia's Hallett Wind Farm.
When completed, Hallett will have 94.5MW of capacity and will be one of Australia's largest wind farms. AMSC will deliver a D-VAR system rated at 20 megaVARs (MVAR) of reactive compensation to SEA in the second half of calendar 2007 that will be installed at a utility substation connecting AGL Energy's Hallett Wind Farm to the national power grid. SEA is designing, procuring, constructing and commissioning the Hallett Wind Farm project for AGL Energy Limited. Located on the Brown Hill Range in South Australia, it will consist of 45 wind turbines rated at 2.1MW each. The wind farm is scheduled to come on line by early 2008. AMSC's D-VAR systems will regulate the voltage at the Hallett Wind Farm, thereby meeting Australia's stringent grid interconnection standards.
