1 / 31

Understanding Wind Power: Basics, Resources, and Environmental Impact

This resource provides a comprehensive overview of wind power generation, including essential topics like wind speed distribution and turbine components. It features maps for wind resources in states like Connecticut and Massachusetts, as well as details on various wind turbine designs such as the Savonius, Darrieus, and modern three-blade turbines. Explore the environmental considerations associated with wind energy, including visual pollution and impacts on bird and bat migration. Additionally, discover economic aspects like the Production Tax Credit (PTC) that make wind energy competitive with traditional coal power.

marlin
Télécharger la présentation

Understanding Wind Power: Basics, Resources, and Environmental Impact

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Generating Electricity: Wind Power Basics

  2. Wind Resources http://attra.ncat.org/images/renewables/windResourceMap2.jpg,,Retrieved on 2/11/2009

  3. CT Wind Resources http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/maps_template.asp?stateab=ct, Retreived on 2/11/2009

  4. Massachusetts Wind Resources http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/maps_template.asp?stateab=ma, Retrieved on 2/11/2009

  5. Wind Power Classes

  6. Wind Speed Distribution

  7. Seasonal Wind Speed

  8. Wind Turbine Components

  9. Steam Turbine

  10. Wind Turbine Efficiency

  11. Savonius Wind Turbine

  12. Dutch Windmill

  13. American Multi-blade Windmill

  14. American Multi-blade Windmill

  15. Darrieus Wind Turbine

  16. Three-Blade HAWT

  17. Workers Blade 112’ long Nacelle 56 tons Tower 3 sections Wind Turbine Components

  18. GE 3.6 MW Turbine

  19. GE 3.6 MW Dimensions

  20. Some Wind Turbines are Tall

  21. GE 3.6 MW Turbine Power Curve

  22. GE 3.6 MW Turbine Power Curve

  23. Example: Desert Sky – West Texas 107 Turbines at 1.5 MW each

  24. Example: Searsburg Wind Facility 11 Turbines at 0.55 MW each

  25. Example: Cape Wind Project • 130 turbines • 3.6 MW each

  26. Environmental Issue – Visual Pollution • Visual pollution • Bird and bat migration

  27. Environmental Issue – Bird Mortalities

  28. Economics - PTC

  29. 30 Year Lifetime

  30. Competitive with Coal

  31. Electric Power Capacity

More Related