NREL - NWTC GE 1.5MW Turbine Upgrade to Wind Farm of 1; NREL Tracking Number 16-001 Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308 CX(s) Applied: DOE/EA-1914 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Date: 11/20/2015 Location(s): CO Office(s): Golden Field...
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
November 20, 2015
Estimated Read Time min
NREL - NWTC GE 1.5MW Turbine Upgrade to Wind Farm of 1; NREL Tracking Number 16-001
Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308
CX(s) Applied: DOE/EA-1914
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Date: 11/20/2015
Location(s): CO
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to upgrade the controls of the National Wind Technology Center’s (NWTC’s) GE 1.5MW turbine from “single turbine” status to “wind farm” status in order to experiment with the turbine in a simulated wind farm configuration.
National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) researchers are proposing to permanently install cabling, conduit, three potential transformers (PTs) and three current transformers (CTs) for data acquisition from the Site 4.0 GE Turbine transformer through a new conduit trench leading to an existing utility vault and ending at the existing data shed. The cables would be installed through existing vaults and conduit. However, a new trench that is approximately 42 feet long, 36 inches deep, and 24 inches wide would be needed where existing access is not available and to install the transformers. This trench would be located east of the existing data shed and west of the GE Turbine along the north side of the access road to the GE Turbine.