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    wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. As of 2020[update], hundreds of thousands of large turbines...
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    Wind turbine design is the process of defining the form and configuration of a wind turbine to extract energy from the wind. An installation consists...
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    A floating wind turbine is an offshore wind turbine mounted on a floating structure that allows the turbine to generate electricity in water depths where...
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    Small wind turbines, also known as micro wind turbines or urban wind turbines, are wind turbines that generate electricity for small-scale use. These turbines...
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    The Darrieus wind turbine is a type of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) used to generate electricity from wind energy. The turbine consists of a number...
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  • most powerful wind turbines. The list includes wind turbines with a power rating that is within 5 MW of the current most powerful wind turbine that has received...
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    wind turbines are a type of vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT), used for converting the force of the wind into torque on a rotating shaft. The turbine...
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    offshore wind farms employ fixed-foundation wind turbines in relatively shallow water. Floating wind turbines for deeper waters are in an earlier phase...
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    A vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) is a type of wind turbine where the main rotor shaft is set transverse to the wind while the main components are located...
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    of wind turbines is to generate energy using the wind. Hence, the aerodynamics is a very important aspect of wind turbines. Like most machines, wind turbines...
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  • Wind turbine syndrome and wind farm syndrome are terms for the alleged medical condition related to the proximity of wind turbines. Proponents claim that...
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  • This is a list of notable wind turbine manufacturers and businesses that manufacture major wind turbine components. Bornay (Spain) Enessere (Italy) Hi-VAWT...
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    GE Wind is a division of GE Vernova. The company manufactures and sells wind turbines to the international market. In 2018, GE Wind was the fourth largest...
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    An airborne wind turbine is a design concept for a wind turbine with a rotor supported in the air without a tower, thus benefiting from the higher velocity...
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    in a wind turbine, including the generator, gearbox, drive train, and brake assembly. A notable feature now found on some off-shore wind turbines is a...
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    only with wind power for electricity generation. Today, wind power is generated almost completely with wind turbines, generally grouped into wind farms and...
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    A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity...
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    impact of electricity generation from wind power is minor when compared to that of fossil fuel power. Wind turbines have some of the lowest global warming...
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    Unconventional wind turbines are those that differ significantly from the most common types in use. As of 2012[update], the most common type of wind turbine is the...
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    Windmill (redirect from Wind mill)
    term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications. The term wind engine is also sometimes used to describe such devices...
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    near-gigawatt sized offshore wind farms that provide electricity to national electrical networks. The first electricity-generating wind turbine was installed by the...
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    The ExPlace Wind Turbine is a 91-metre (299 ft) tall wind turbine located on the grounds of the Exhibition Place co-owned by the WindShare for-profit...
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    A wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) is a vessel specifically designed for the installation of offshore wind turbines. There were 16 such vessels...
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    of operating wind turbines in the grid-connected mode in India. Subsequently, the Government of India planned several demonstration wind farms in the...
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    Nacelle (redirect from Wind turbine nacelle)
    edit.) ISBN 0 85429 182 2 American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) video on construction of an individual wind turbine. Portals: Technology Aviation Nacelle...
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    whenever possible. Wind turbines use an airfoil to generate a reaction lift from the moving fluid and impart it to the rotor. Wind turbines also gain some...
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  • The Hornslet Wind Turbine Collapse was a collapse of a wind turbine on 22 February 2008. It is one of only a few structural collapses[clarification needed]...
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  • ratio, λ, or TSR for wind turbines is the ratio between the tangential speed of the tip of a blade and the actual speed of the wind, v. The tip-speed ratio...
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    Vestas (redirect from Vestas Wind Systems)
    56.1966997; 10.1802483 Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines that was founded in 1945. The...
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    wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 30 gigawatts (GW): 15 GW onshore and 15 GW offshore, the sixth largest capacity of any country. Wind...
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