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Lower cost power generation.
Developing reliable, innovative and efficient wind turbines.

This is the future.
And it will be Sheffield made.

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Lower cost power generation from wind turbines.

Our research is improving the operation, reliability and performance of wind turbines which could lead to lower cost electricity generation.

The Energy Institute at the University of Sheffield has an international profile and a strong record of research in wind energy, generator design and industrial collaboration.

We aim to improve the operation, reliability and performance of wind turbines which could lead to lower cost electricity generation. Our wind power research centre is aligned with Siemens Gamesa and is the only industrially-led design facility for wind generators in the UK.

Siemens Gamesa wind turbine

Harnessing Wind Power with Siemens Gamesa

Siemens Gamesa is the global leader in offshore wind power generation, with greater than 70 per cent market share. It credits Sheffield as having had a significant impact on its strategy and innovation capacity.

Harnessing Wind Power with Siemens Gamesa

Aerial view of an offshore wind farm

Next generation of offshore wind turbines

The University has been named as the academic partner for the Powertrain Research Hub (PTRH), which is part of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE) – launched by the UK government.

Wind turbine powertrains

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