Northern Power Systems

Northern Power Systems is a company that designed, manufactured, and sold wind turbines, and provided engineering development services and technology licenses for energy applications, into the global marketplace. The company was founded in 1974, and has since grown into a multinational corporation headquartered in Barre, Vermont, with European headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland and a significant presence in the United Kingdom and Italy. It closed in 2019.
Products.
Northern Power Systems has almost 40 years’ experience in technologies and products generating renewable energy. Northern Power Systems currently manufactures the NPS 60 and NPS 100 wind turbines for community applications. The NPS 100 is rated as having a 100 kilowatt capacity, and the NPS 60 is rated as having a 60 kilowatt capacity. Northern Power Systems also manufactures the larger 2.3 megawatt turbine designed for industrial applications such as wind farms, called the Northern Power 2X platform. With millions of run time hours across its global fleet, Northern Power wind turbines provide customers with clean, cost effective, reliable renewable energy. Patented next generation permanent magnet/direct drive (PM/DD) technology uses fewer moving parts, delivers higher energy capture, and provides increased reliability due to reduced maintenance and downtime.
Northern Power Systems offers comprehensive in‐house development services, including systems level engineering, advanced drive trains, power electronics, PM machine design, and remote monitoring systems to the energy industry.
Some of the world’s largest manufacturers license NPS next generation technology and IP for their utility and distributed wind products and markets.