Northern Power Systems

Northern Power Systems

Type	Private
Industry	Wind Power
Headquarters	Barre, Vermont, USA
Key people	John Danner, Parthiv Amin, Troy Patton, CTO Jonathan Lynch
Products	Wind Turbines
Website	www.northernpower.com

Northern Power Systems is an electrical engineering company that designs and manufactures small-scale wind turbines. The company was founded in 1974, and has since grown into a multinational corporation headquartered in Barre, Vermont, with operations on three different continents.^[1]

History

Northern Power Systems was founded in 1974 in Warren, Vermont, under the name of North Wind Power Company.^[2]

Products

Northern Power Systems currently produces wind turbines in two sizes, one for small, community-scale applications and one for commercial use. The smaller turbine is called the Northern Power 100, which is rated as having a 100 kilowatt capacity. The larger model is a 2.3 megawatt turbine designed for industrial applications such as wind farms, called the Northern Power 2.3. Both use a relatively unusual direct-drive permanent magnet system instead of a more conventional gearbox in the nacelle, which the company says is lighter, more efficient and less maintenance-intensive.^[3]

See also

• Community wind energy
• Wind Turbines

References

1. ^ "Northern Power Systems, Inc.". BusinessWeek. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=32235. Retrieved 2 April 2010. 
2. ^ "Wind Power Holdings raises $45M". Mass High Tech. 23 October 2009. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/10/19/daily57-Wind-Power-Holdings-raises-45M.html. Retrieved 14 June 2010. 
3. ^ "Wind Turbine Maker Northern Power Picks Up $37M". earth2tech. 29 September 2008. http://earth2tech.com/2008/09/29/wind-turbine-maker-northern-power-picks-up-37m/. Retrieved 4 April 2010. 

External links

• Northern Power Systems