CX-009541: Categorical Exclusion Determination

A Lightweight, Direct Drive, Fully Superconducting Generator for Large Wind Turbines CX(s) Applied: B3.6 Date: 11/14/2012 Location(s): Florida Offices(s): Golden Field Office

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

November 14, 2012
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A Lightweight, Direct Drive, Fully Superconducting Generator for Large Wind Turbines
CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 11/14/2012
Location(s): Florida
Offices(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. DOE is proposing to provide federal funding to assist in development of a fully superconducting generator (FSG), a wind turbine technology that would be used to create large turbine generators (10+ megawatts) with increased capacity of torque at reduced costs.