wind site Articles
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Bull Creek Wind Project - Case Study
422,472 MWh: Low Emission Contribution 29MW: Generation Capacity 17: Turbines installed Bull Creek Wind Project, in western Alberta, represents the first of Windlab’s projects to reach operations in North America. The site was first identified by Windlab in 2007 and the land was quickly secured. Windlab sold the project to BluEarth Renewables in 2011, who then continued the ...
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Collgar Wind Farm - Case Study
4,925,563 MWh: Low Emission Contribution 206MW: Generation Capacity A$750M: Project Cost 111: Turbines Installed Windlab identified the site in 2006 from a WindScape high resolution map of the state, coupled with its Virtual Wind Farm technology. Collgar is a world leading wind farm site located on accessible wheat belt land with uncontested high quality grid access. The project was ...
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Coopers Gap Wind Farm - Case Study
A$850M: Project Cost 1,510,000MWh: Expected low Emission Contribution 123: Turbines installed 453MW: Generation capacity Coopers Gap Wind Farm is a 453MW wind energy project to be located at Cooranga North, approximately 180kms north-west of Brisbane, Queensland. Upon completion in 2019, it will be Australia’s largest wind farm. The site was identified by Windlab’s WindScape ...
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Vattenfall readies first three-way hybrid
Vattenfall has arranged the finance to build a new hybrid project in the Netherlands, investing €35 million to add solar and battery components to an under-construction wind site. The €61 million Haringvliet hybrid site on Goeree-Overflakkee in South Holland will comprise 22MW of wind capacity, 38MW of solar and a 12MWh battery. It is the first time Vattenfall will have combined all ...
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Monitoring the Bavarian nuclear power plants online applying a Lagrangian model
In 1997, the Monitoring System for Nuclear Power Plants (KFÜ) - located in the Bavarian office of environmental protection - was upgraded. The change included replacing the Gaussian plume model by a numerical dispersion model based on the Lagrangian theory. The KFÜ system allows the assessment of the doses workers receive in routine and emergency operation. Improvements of the new monitoring ...
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Wind energy generators sitting and sizing based on uncertain generation pricing
This paper proposes a methodology for sitting and sizing wind distributed generators (WDGs). These generators are characterised by an uncertain active power production due to the random behaviour of the wind speed. The uncertain generation directly impacts the network total generation cost and also the solution for the placement and sizing problem. So, this work takes into account this uncertain ...
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How Much Protection Do Heritage Sites Have From Wind Turbines
A heritage site is a location that is important to the cultural or historical heritage of a town, city or country. Wind turbines are large devices used to generate renewable energy. Both equally important, but when pitted against each other lawyers have decided that heritage sites are more important than renewable energy. The matter was brought to light in January, when a wind farm company ...
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Estimation of capacity credit for wind power in Libya
This paper presents the results of a study that evaluated the wind potential at the central region of the Libyan coast and estimated the capacity credit of wind power in the national network. Several sites were investigated to choose the most suitable sites for wind farm establishment. Different sizes of Wind Energy Converter Systems (WECSs) were selected to estimate the wind potential. The sizes ...
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Measuring Offshore Wind Resources
To select the right offshore wind site, estimate the future energy output of a wind farm, and determine the best layout for the turbines, project developers must conduct wind resource assessment (WRA) campaigns on site. This is a critical phase of the successful development of wind farms. WRA campaigns on terrestrial sites have traditionally been performed using meteorological towers equipped ...
By NRG Systems
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Application of genetic algorithm and neural network for sizing of hybrid photovoltaic wind power generation (HPVWPG) systems
In this paper, a methodology for sizing of hybrid photovoltaic-wind power generation (HPVWPG) system is described. The purpose of this methodology is to predict the PV-generator area, the capacity of the battery and the capacity of the wind generator in isolated (remote) areas, where the meteorological data (solar irradiation, air temperature, wind speed, etc) are not always available. For this ...
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Study: 100% Renewable Electricity System is the Cheapest Option for South America
Transitioning to a fully renewable electricity system is possible for South America by 2030. A study by Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. also shows that a 100 percent renewable system (100% RE) is the cheapest electricity production option and can be achieved with very little energy storage. "South America has a unique renewable energy ...
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An integrated assessment for wind energy in Lake Michigan coastal counties
The benefits and challenges of onshore and offshore wind energy development were assessed for a four‐county area of coastal Michigan. Economic, social, environmental, and spatial dimensions were considered. The coastal counties have suitable wind resources for energy development which could contribute toward Michigan's ten percent renewable energy standard. Wind energy is cost‐effective with ...
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A breath of fresh air - China`s new wind industry will blow a few cobwebs away from its heavily polluted industrial heartlands, but no miracle cure is expected.
Untitled Document Guangdong in far southern China, which has a relatively long history as a manufacturing base and relies heavily on migrant labour, was one of the first provinces to accept a capitalist system. The region, often known to Westerners by its older name of Canton, opened itself up to foreign investment in the 1980s and is the home to hundreds of factories which ...
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Optimizing Wind and Solar Power in Africa
Editor's Note: The following is a news release authored by Julie Chao and issued by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on April 5, 2017 To meet skyrocketing demand for electricity, African countries may have to triple their energy output by 2030. While hydropower and fossil fuel power plants are favored approaches in some quarters, a new assessment by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence ...
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Building New Industries and Creating New Jobs in a Plan B Economy
Building a new economy, one that can sustain economic progress, involves phasing out old industries, restructuring existing ones, and creating new ones. This new economy will be powered by renewable sources of energy, will have a more diverse transport system--relying more on rail, buses, and bicycles, and less on cars--and will recycle everything. For example, coal use will be phased out, ...
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Palmdale Water District Wind Turbine Project
In response to the 2001 California energy crisis, Black & Veatch acted as the owner's engineer through the construction and commissioning phases of the largest net-metered wind energy project in the United States. The California energy crisis in 2001 made headlines around the world. The country's most populous state was caught in a power delivery squeeze and was beset with runaway ...
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On the application of miniSoDAR technology to wind energy
Introduction In the late 1990’s wind turbines with nacelle heights exceeding 60 meters were introduced to the wind energy community. Initially, wind prospecting and siting studies continued to use 50-meter wind towers and extrapolate the measurement to the nacelle heights. It was quickly determined that this approach was not sufficient for the placement of these tall turbines. The next ...
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Global wind power capacity reaches 100,000MW
At its current growth rate, global installed wind power capacity will top 100,000 megawatts in March 2008. In 2007, wind power capacity increased by a record-breaking 20,000 megawatts, bringing the world total to 94,100 megawatts—enough to satisfy the residential electricity needs of 150 million people. Driven by concerns regarding climate change and energy security, one in every three countries ...
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The Standards That Affect Tyre Pyrolysis Plant Cost
In relation to lowering the environmental impact of your own business, there are a variety of actions to take. One option that may be becoming more popular is buying a tyre pyrolysis plant cost. This particular plant helps you to recycle tyres, turning them into fuel and also other products. Here's what you should understand about tyre pyrolysis plants in addition to their costs. Understanding ...
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What’s Your Risk Tolerance during Construction of a Utility-Scale PV Solar Power Plant? Active Stow vs. Passive Mitigation
Utility-scale engineering and construction projects are inherently risky. Large numbers of people independently working on a site, out in the weather, around dangerous machinery large and small, racing to finish the project as quickly as possible. Most Engineering, Procurement, and Engineering (EPCs) in the solar industry have the personnel safety issue solved. There are ongoing, sophisticated ...
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