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Manjimup Heritage Park > Records

VESTAS WIND TURBINE

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Overview

The wind turbine erected at the World of Energy a 20kW machine was originally located at the State Energy Commission of Western Australia South Fremantle Test site. It is a high efficiency energy converter designed as an upwind machine for automatic operation in conjunction with a power grid. The two dynamically shaped glass fibre blades drive a generator through a gear box. The spinning generator produced electricity which is then fed through a transformer into the power grid. The Ten Mile Lagoon Wind Farm at Esperanceis the first commercial wind farm in Australia. It was established in October 1993 following five years successful operation of a much smaller experimental wind farm at Salmon Beach, Esperance.
Specifications of the MAN 20kW Horizontal
Axis Wind Turbine
Supplier:MAN of Germany
Type:self starting
Design Output 20kW
Generator 28kVA inductor type
Height of Tower 15 metres
Diameter of blades 12 metres

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cwa-org-35-2019.3

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Vestas

Statement of significance

Aesthetic: very high
Historic: high
Social: high
Scientific: high
Rarity: medium
Condition: high
Representativeness: high
Interpretive: high

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

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