Foundations of onshore Wind turbines: current situation and trends

Rafael Jiménez Toña; Jesus  Cuadrado Rojo; Eduardo Rojí Chandro

doi:10.3989/ic.6443

Autores/as

Rafael Jiménez Toña University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-4361
Jesus Cuadrado Rojo Universidad del pais vasco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9875-5118
Eduardo Rojí Chandro University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3322-5524

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.6443

Palabras clave:

aerogeneradores terrestres, cimentaciones terrestres, cimentaciones superficiales, torres de aerogeneradores, tipolo-gías de cimentaciones, sostenibilidad

Resumen

Los compromisos de los gobiernos para las próximas décadas respecto a las cero emisiones representarán un reto enorme para el sector renovable en todo el mundo. La energía eólica jugará un papel fundamental en esta transición y el crecimiento de las turbinas, tanto en el sector offshore como en el onshore, está siendo un paso crucial. El rápido desarrollo de las nuevas turbinas en la carrera por la maquina más potente, el incremento gradual en altura de buje, y la potencia unitaria de los nuevos aerogeneradores onshore está provocando numerosas modificaciones en diferentes componentes de dichos aerogeneradores. Este trabajo presenta una revisión de las cimentaciones de aerogeneradores onshore, especialmente sobre los diferentes conceptos de diseños disponibles en el sector, el análisis de algunos de ellos y las tendencias.

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