• Comparison of Levelized Cost of Energy of superconducting direct drive generators for a 10 MW offshore wind turbine 

      Abrahamsen, Asger B; Liu, Dong; Magnusson, Niklas; Thomas, Arwyn Sean; Azar, Ziad; Stehouwer, Ewoud; Hendriks, Ben; Zinderen, Gerrit Jan Van; Deng, Fujin; Chen, Zhe; Karwatzki, Dennis; Mertens, Axel; Parker, Max Alexander; Finney, Stephen Jon; Polinder, Henk (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      A method for comparing the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) of different superconducting drive trains is introduced. The properties of a 10 MW MgB$_{2}$ superconducting direct drive generator are presented in terms weight ...
    • Fabrication of a scaled MgB2 racetrack demonstrator pole for a 10 MW direct drive wind turbine generator 

      Magnusson, Niklas; Eliassen, J. C.; Abrahamsen, Asger B; Hellesø, Svein Magne; Runde, Magne; Nysveen, Arne; Moslått, Lars-Erik; Bjerkli, Jarle; King, Patrick (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Field windings made of MgB2 wires or tapes are considered for their potential to reduce volume, weight and cost of large offshore wind turbine generators. To gain experience of how to use this relatively new material in ...