The purpose of the proposed IEA Wind Task is to coordinate international research on Distributed Wind (DW) turbine technology, technology development or assessment to allow DW to integrate into future markets, and processes or procedures to support the cost effective development of DW technologies. Technology to be considered within this Task will cover a broad range but will focus on small (up to 100 kilowatts [kW] in size), medium-scale (between 100 kW and 1 megawatt [MW]) and small-scale municipal, community or utility projects that use utility-scale turbines (greater than 1 MW) but only in small numbers installed on regular distribution networks. In the context of this proposal, DW is inclusive of all of these technologies although in some instances, such as standards, more specific industry segregation may be needed. This is expected to be a four year effort.
