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In 2008, Renewable Energy Group Ltd, Durham University, the British National Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) and private individuals founded GOLIATH Wind. The Estonian Development Fund and private investors have become shareholders through investments.
 
Own patented technology was used to develop an innovative direct drive generator, which company founder Lars Mach had in mind when deciding to launch GOLIATH Wind. His experience from utility-scale projects with Stephen Probyn & Company, Toronto, had shown problems from gear box failures on large machines. Component replacements had been very expensive, and sometimes even required to take down entire nacelles – a huge burden for investments in wind farms.
 
In late 2006, Mr Mach had launched negotiations with scientists from Durham University, where Prof. Ed Spooner and his team had developed a very scalable low temperature ring generator with segmented design. Prof. Spooner had broad experience with electrical machines from his involvement with projects at Rolls Royce or Goldwind China. His ring generator designs are even operated under sea level (EDF tidal power project) with very sophisticated corrosion protection.
 
GOLIATH Wind has built several ring generators of up to 4.4 metres in diameter. CTO Prof. Spooner investigated various mechanical concepts for optimisation before his engineering team has begun to scale the system up to 3 Megawatts. Today, GOLIATH Wind employs a team of engineers from different fields and countries such as Estonia, Switzerland and Great Britain.