Alstom Wind formerly known until 4/2010 as Alstom Ecotècnia

Alstom Ecotècnia

Alstom Wind formerly known until 4/2010 as Alstom Ecotècnia, is a wind turbine manufacturer with headquarters in Barcelona, Spain. On the 25th of June 2007, Alstom acquired the Spanish company Ecotécnia for 350 million euro and entered the wind turbine industry.Ecotécnia was established in 1981,...

, is a wind turbine

Wind turbine

A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...

 manufacturer with headquarters in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain

Spain

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. On the 25th of June 2007, Alstom

Alstom

Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...

 acquired the Spanish company Ecotécnia for 350 million euro

Euro

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 and entered the wind turbine industry.

Ecotécnia was established in 1981, becoming an international manufacturer operating wind turbines primarily in Spain

Spain

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, France

France

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, Italy

Italy

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, and Portugal

Portugal

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. When Alstom acquired Ecotécnia, it had 765 employees, and an installed base of 1500 wind turbines in 72 wind farms (total capacity of 1,433 MW). The range of wind turbines was from 640 kW to 3 MW.

Wind turbines

Alstom Wind has, two wind turbine series in production: the ECO 80 and ECO 100 series. Both series use a three bladed rotor fitted to an electrical generator

Electrical generator

In electricity generation, an electric generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. A generator forces electric charge to flow through an external electrical circuit. It is analogous to a water pump, which causes water to flow...

 via a gearbox, and the nacelle

Nacelle

The nacelle is a cover housing that holds engines, fuel, or equipment on an aircraft. In some cases—for instance in the typical "Farman" type "pusher" aircraft, or the World War II-era P-38 Lightning—an aircraft's cockpit may also be housed in a nacelle, which essentially fills the...

is mounted on a steel tower.

The 80 series include

• ECO 74 – 1.67 MW class II for 50 Hz network
• ECO 80 – 1.67 MW class III for 50 Hz network
• ECO 86 – 1.67 MW for 50 or 60 Hz network
• ECO 80 – 2.0 MW for 50 or 60 Hz network

The 100 series include

• ECO 100 – 3.0 MW class II for 50 or 60 Hz network
• ECO 110 – 3.0 MW class III for 50 or 60 Hz network