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Generator Ratings & Capacity Factors: Why You Should Avoid Them

By

Paul Gipe

Newcomers to wind energy and even some old-timers who should know better often equate the size of a wind turbine to it’s generator rating. A Vestas V80 for example is rated at 1.8 MW; a V82 is rated at 1.65 MW. While this is may be a useful shorthand among those unfamiliar with wind energy, the use of generator size leads to a host of problems when evaluating the technology.

Typical Of Rooftop Turbines, The Rotor Is Tied Down On This Non Operating Turbine In Holzhausen, Rheinland Pfalz, 2005. The Turbine Is Noteworthy In Its Own Right. The Turbine Is Probably An Allgaier Built In The Years From 1950 1959. It Appears To Be A Twin To A Turbine Atop The Same Company's Building, Klöckner Moeller, Alongside The Main North South Line From Bonn To Koblenz. The Allgaier Was A Derivative Of The Work By The Father Of German Wind Energy, Ulrich Hütter, And Was Built By A Small Company In The South Of Germany In Göppingen (near Uhingen). Altogether, There Were About 200 Units Built And Ranged In Size From 6 10 Kw. A Photograph Similar To This And This Background Information Is Contained In Windgeshichter By Jan Oelker, 2005.

Rooftop Turbines: Rooftop Mounting and Building Integration of Wind Turbines

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Paul Gipe

Why You Shouldn’t Do It

Wind’s Up: Planning the Future Now

By

Mark Ashby

The Resource Management Act, plans developed under it, and RMA processes are capable of facilitating wind energy development and of dealing with the range of effects associated with a wind farm. However, if wind energy development proceeds at the pace and reaches the levels experienced in places such as Western Europe, an ad hoc approach to the planning issues will not maximise benefits and minimise problems. Sustainable development needs integrated management, and integrated management requires a strategic approach at all levels of government.

‘Wind power in the UK: how planning conditions and financial arrangements affect outcomes’

By

David Toke

This article reviews some planning and financial conditions facing wind power development in the UK. Overall the 2002-2003 period has seen a big increase in planning consents. . .

Current experience with supporting wind power in European electricity markets by ISET, Kassel

By

Martin Hoppe-kilpper

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Sobering Altamont Bird Report Issued

By

Paul Gipe

A much anticipated update on wind turbines and birds in California’s Altamont Pass concludes that the problem is more severe …

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