wind farm project Articles
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Sustainability in India through wind: a case study of Muppandal Wind Farm in India
Sustainable development is closely associated with energy availability. It requires a continuous and efficient energy supply. Therefore renewable energy sources such as wind energy are vital for the Indian economy not only from supply side considerations but also for their environmental and social benefits. The current paper undertakes an empirical study of investments made at the Muppandal Wind ...
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Climate change drives wind turbines in China: case study of market based wind power development
This paper aims at quantifying the impact of government policy and clean development mechanism (CDM) on wind power development in China. Firstly we review the background of Chinese wind power development and policy, as well as literature of climate change and CDM. We then present methodology, scenarios and data of a case study for the development of a large-scale grid-connected wind farm. We ...
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SITHERMO: Development of a Novel Lidar System foAEOLIKOS: Development of an Innovative Lidar System for Wind Power Measurement in Installation and Monitor the Performance of Coastal Wind Farms (project code: Τ1ΕDΚ-02764) - Case study
Program: Operational Program «Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation», under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE Starting date: 28/06/2018 Duration: 36 Months Summary: The measurement of airflow with lidar has emerged in recent years as one of the most innovative technologies in the field of Wind Energy. Until today, the only acceptable way to measure speed ...
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Cliffs farm wind turbine installation project – network connection and planning advice case study
Background F Culshaw. a diversified farm business at Cliffs Farm in Lancashire, sought advice from Envirolink Northwest about solving delays to its 2.25 MW wind turbine development on land at Cliffs Farm. Envirolink Northwest supported the client through contract negotiations with all parties concerned, and provided post planning consent advice. The advice given helped to achieve £50,000 ...
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Fulcrum3D Sodar - Clarke Creek Wind Farm - Case Study
Fulcrum3D treats all information regarding monitoring sites in the strictest of confidence. Below is a case study from monitoring sites that we are at liberty to discuss with express permission from our clients. Clarke Creek Wind Farm Lacour Energy is an Australian renewable energy development company focused on developing premium wind and solar projects across Australia. Goldwind Australia ...
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Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace
Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost all of this wind power has been tapped on land; worldwide just 4,600 megawatts of offshore wind farms were operating as of mid-2012. Offshore wind capacity is growing quickly, however, expanding nearly six-fold ...
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Introducing The RNRG Goalpost Boom
We are happy to introduce a new goalpost mounting solution for installing redundant class 1 anemometers. This new boom, designed specifically for use with our 80m XHD TallTower, positions anemometer cups at exactly 80 m above ground level—2.5 m away from each other—and 1.99 m above the horizontal arm of the boom. This configuration complies with guidelines provided in Annex G of the ...
By NRG Systems
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Aleipata wind hybrid farm independent state of samoa - Case study
Wind Turbines: 2 Vergnet GEV MP C 275 kW, 32m rotor diameter, 55m hub height Total power: 550 kW Commissioned: August 2014 Operations and Maintenance: Vergnet S.A Vergnet GEV MP Wind Turbines Deliver Energy and Cost Savings for Aleipata The Aleipata Wind Farm is the first wind farm to be commissioned in the Independent State of Samoa. The Vergnet project was ...
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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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Growing Pains: Current Disadvantages of Renewable Energy
As renewable energy projects continue to be a growing piece of global energy production, it is easy to assume that they will automatically have less of an impact on the environment and people than conventional fossil fuels. Renewable energy is an appealing way to avoid carbon emissions, use fewer resources and provide energy security and jobs. But it is not perfect, and despite the many positives ...
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2013 to be Record Year for Offshore Wind
Offshore wind power installations are on track to hit a seventh consecutive annual record in 2013. Developers added 1,080 megawatts of generating capacity in the first half of the year, expanding the world total by 20 percent in just six months. Fifteen countries host some 6,500 megawatts of offshore wind capacity. Before the year is out, the world total should exceed 7,100 megawatts. Although ...
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EC support for UK power link raises Ireland’s offshore export potential
The European Commission (EC) announced November 18 it had given priority status to ISLES, a cluster of Irish Sea grid projects which would transmit power from proposed Irish offshore wind farms to the UK grid. There are currently five Irish offshore windfarm projects for a total 2.6 GW of capacity. The inclusion of ISLES in the EC’s list of “projects of common interest” allows ...
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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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Coonooer Bridge Wind Farm - Case Study
255,672 MWh: Low Emission Contribution 20MW: Generation Capacity 6: Turbines installed A$50M: Project Cost The Coonooer Bridge Wind Farm is a small wind energy project located 90 km north-west of Bendigo, Victoria. The site represents the competitive advantage presented by Windlab’s unique technology. Other wind developers have searched for projects in that part of the ...
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Renewable energy storage - Project references - Case study
Green-field Pumped Hydro Storage Plant Project in Belgium Rent-A-Port Green Energy working in association with other private and public partners develops a 150 MW greenfield pumped storage project in Belgium. The project aims to set a new benchmark for the flexibility of pumped hydro storage, and uses mid-scale variable speed asynchronous pump-turbines in conjunction with batteries. It ...
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Experience with and strategies for public involvement in offshore wind projects
The paper describes and analyses different models for public involvement, based on experience from offshore projects in Denmark (especially Middelgrunden) and Sweden (Karlskrona Vindkraft Offshore). The public likely to be concerned by offshore wind energy projects must be informed and consulted as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). However, as member states individually define ...
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The explosion of green marketing claims: FTC jumps into the fray
Most people would agree that “green” sells. For example, according to the New York Times, consumers spent approximately US$54 million in 2007 on carbon credits to support tree planting, wind farms, solar power generation, and other projects intended to offset greenhouse gas emissions created by driving and flying activities. While there is broad agreement about the impact of green marketing, ...
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On clean energy, time to follow where Google, GE, Buffett lead
Google is backing it. So is Warren Buffett, America’s most-watched investor. GE, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers, is too. Each of these corporate icons is placing big bets and hundreds of millions of dollars on a future powered by wind and solar power. Apple just joined them, announcing plans to power its main U.S. data center in Maiden, North Carolina, entirely with ...
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Want to improve wind and solar power? Bring them together
By combining intermittent renewable energy sources through hybrid projects, developers are taking advantage of the strengths of each. What’s keeping solar and wind power from fully taking over the electric grid? For starters, the sun only shines during the day. Wind blows intermittently, is seasonally variable, and is not always blowing when the energy is needed. But what if solar and wind ...
By Ensia
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