Wind turbines generation

Wind is the motion of air masses caused by the different thermal conditions that occur over the earth s surface as a result of the transmission of solar radiation. Wind energy is defined as the kinetic energy of the wind converted into mechanical work. This mechanical work can be used to drive an electrical generator for the production of electricity. A machine that performs this conversion is called a wind turbine generator (WTG) and a group of these, including the auxiliary equipment, constitute a WF. 

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Mesa Power LLC, headed by legendary energy investor T. Boone Pickens, has been making headlines with its plans for a vast wind farm, the Pampa Wind Project, in the Texas panhandle that may eventually include 2,700 wind turbines generating 4,000 megawatts of electricity. Pickens is... 

The wind turbine-generated electricity is already cost competitive (5-9( / kwh) with natural gas-based electricity and in some locations also with nuclear- or coal-based electricity. During the last few years, the cost of wind turbines in the United States has been increasing because the price of commodities and the value of the Euro have been rising (most turbine components are imported from Europe). 

In 2020, the power generation capacity supplied by reproducible energy will exceed 360 x 10 kW h including 300 x 10 kW h of hydropower generation capacity, 30 million kW h of synchronized wind turbine generation capacity, 1.5 x 10 kW h of energy supplied from small wind turbine system, 30 million kW h of biomass power and 1.8 million kW-h of solar energy power. At same time, the production capacity of fuel ethanol and bio-diesel will reach 12 million tons which can be used to replace about 10 million tons of finished product of oil. 

Van der Linden, S. 0une 2010). Integrating Wind Turbine Generators (WTG s) with Energy Storage, In Wind Power, 17.06.2010, Available from... 

The power output P of a single Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) is determined by applying a simplified input output function ... 

The main parameters of the wind turbine generators, given in reference (Li et al., 2014) are shown in Table 1. 

He, Y. and Chen, X. 2009. Wind turbine generator systems. The supply chain in China status and problems. Renewable Energy, 34, 2892-2897. 

In this chapter, the transient and dynamic characteristics of a wind farm composed of many wind-turbine generators are described first. The model circuit of the wind farm, steady-state analysis, and transient calculations are described. 

Wind-turbine generator towers are frequendy struck by lightning, hi order to optimize ways to protect wind-turbine generator systems from lightning, it is important to know the mechanism of lightning overvoltages generated in the systems. 

D view of a 3/100-scale model of a wind-turbine generator tower, blades, nacelle, current lead wire, and a voltage reference wire. (Reprinted from Yamamoto, K., A study of overvoltages caused by lightning strokes to a wind turbine generation system, PhD thesis, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 2007. With permission.)... 

Yamamoto, K. 2007. A study of overvoltages caused by lightning strokes to a wind turbine generation system. PhD thesis, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan (in Japanese). 

Yamamoto, K., T. Noda, S. Yokoyama, and A. Ametani. 2009. Experimental and analytical studies of lightning overvoltages in wind turbine generator systems. Elec. Power Syst. Res. 79(3) 436-442. 

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