The Great Lakes Energy Institute operates the Wind Energy Research Center (WERC) to provide Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) researchers and their collaborators opportunities to test their ideas on full-scale wind turbines. The WERC has three sizes of wind turbine that are fully functional and continue to produce over 1,000 megawatt-hours of electrical energy every year for CWRU and neighboring industries.
![](https://engineering.case.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/nw1001%20%282%29.jpg?itok=9rO5-PR8)
NW100 CWRU
![V27 – Euclid, Ohio](https://engineering.case.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/v27.jpg?itok=rowwg0ZB)
V27 Euclid, OH
![N54 – Euclid, Ohio](https://engineering.case.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/n54.jpg?itok=wVprwXhB)
N54 Euclid, OH
Wind Turbine Descriptions
NPS NorthWind 100 (NW100) | Vestas (V27) | Nordex (N54) |
---|---|---|
100kW direct drive | 225kW gearbox drive | 1000 kW gearbox drive |
37m tower | 30m tower | 70m tower |
21m rotor | 27m rotor | 54m rotor |
stall controlled | pitch controlled | stall controlled |
Point of Contact
For Industry Partners and Researchers that are interested in demonstrating products on the wind turbines please contact:
Grant Goodrich
Executive Director
Great Lakes Energy Institute
Email: gxg183@case.edu
Phone: (216) 368-0748