With 55% of the overall installed capacity at the end of 2008, Europe is a leader in the generation of wind power. For the next five years, forecasts predict that the US and China alone will account for over 50% of newly-installed wind turbine capacity. This industry is expected to develop strongly and all over the world with global newly-installed capacity expected to double between 2008 and 2020, from 30GW/year to 60GW/year*.
Power semiconductors are a vital component used in wind turbine converters. Power electronic converters enable the efficient conversion of the variable frequency output from the generator to a fixed frequency appropriate for the grid in the region concerned.
The future of Wind Energy can be identified in offshore areas worldwide. Looking just at the North- and Baltic Sea, around 30 offshore wind farms are planned to come up in the next few years. A low-loss transport of the electrical energy generated from wind power is realized by high voltage DC transmission via submarine cables. For this so-called HVDC-transmission, Infineon Technologies provide the core technology.
Infineon also offers solutions for the following Applications and Concepts:
Integration of renewable energy (Smartgrid)
Advanced transmission (Smartgrid)
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