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...

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...

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...

manufacturing small wind turbines as of 2018 China Guodian Corporation (China) – turbine brand United Wind Power CRRC (China) CSIC (Chongqing) – HZ Wind Power...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

near-gigawatt sized offshore wind farms that provide electricity to national electrical networks. The first electricity-generating wind turbine was installed by the...

only with wind power for electricity generation. Today, wind power is generated almost completely with wind turbines, generally grouped into wind farms and...

A ram air turbine (RAT) is a small wind turbine that is connected to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator, installed in an aircraft and used as a...

Wind turbine syndrome and wind farm syndrome are terms for the alleged medical condition related to the proximity of wind turbines. Proponents claim that...

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...

The Gedser wind turbine is located near Gedser in the south of the Danish island of Falster. It was constructed by the engineer Johannes Juul in 1957 for...

Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) regarding wind turbines. IEC 61400 is a set of design requirements made to ensure that wind turbines are appropriately engineered against...

direction from which the wind is blowing. Wind vanes are also found on small wind turbines to keep the wind turbine pointing into the wind. The oldest textual...

electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an extensive area. Wind farms can be either...

A wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) is a vessel specifically designed for the installation of offshore wind turbines. There were 16 such vessels...

utility-scale wind turbines for electric power, in response to the increase in oil prices. A number of the world's largest wind turbines were developed...

turbine, and for the family of similar vertical axis wind turbines which includes also Turby wind turbine, aerotecture turbine, Quietrevolution wind turbine...

PacWind, Inc. is a wind turbine manufacturing company based in Torrance, California, United States. The company was founded in 1998, and released their...

offshore wind farms employ fixed-foundation wind turbines in relatively shallow water. Floating wind turbines for deeper waters are in an earlier phase...

The yaw system of wind turbines is the component responsible for the orientation of the wind turbine rotor towards the wind. The task of orienting the...

The great majority of wind turbines around the world belong to individuals or corporations who use them to generate electric power or to perform mechanical...

has resulted in global adoption and rapid expansion of wind turbine technology. Wind Turbines are typically designed to reach a 20-year life, however...

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diffuser-augmented wind turbine (DAWT) is a wind turbine modified with a cone-shaped wind diffuser that is used to increase the efficiency of converting wind power...