Solar PV | Solar Thermal | Hydro | Wind | Tutorial
Wind Power - Mechanical and electrical power generation from Wind.
The sun heats the air and the earth's surface unevenly - which causes wind.
Wind has been used as an energy source for thousands of years. Up to 4000 years ago, the Babylonians and the Chinese used wind power to pump water for crops, and sailing boats were around long before that. Wind power was used in Europe in the middle ages to mill (meaning grind) grain. This is where the term windmill comes from.
In modern times, wind generators, are used to generate electricity. The blades or sails or the turbine drive the generator. To increase the amount of electricity produced, a number of turbines can be placed together in the same area, forming a wind farm.
The best places for wind farms are coastal areas, gaps in mountains, the tops of rounded hills and open plains. To be economical, the average wind speed at a wind farm should be about 25km/h.
A Wind Mill is technically a machine powered by the wind for the purpose of grinding grain into flour. The old Dutch windmills were generally used for this purpose. A Wind Pump, on the other hand, is a machine that uses the wind's energy for pumping water. Those machines that convert wind pressure into electricity are Wind Generators.
Wind Mills:
Wind Pumps:
Wind Generators:
Wincharger Restoration Project
I picked up the Wincharger 1222H last Saturday, spent most of the week building a workbench and some storage area in the new rent house and generally getting things ready to go. This evening, Friday, 12 April 2002, marks the day the project actually started. This is the first installment in what will become a 'restoration journal.' My intention is to provide enough facts, tips and details here for this site to serve a a manual or textbook for others who are restoring Winchargers. We'll have images to go with the words. First part of the project was to pose all the components on the bench for a 'before' photo. http://www.rebelwolf.com/wincharger.htm
Wind Power Generators A guide on wind power generators including their future and environmental benefits.So You Want To Build A Wind Generator?By Mick Sagrillo
[Originally published in Home Power magazine #17, June/July 1990]http://www.generationsolar.com/wind.htm
http://homepages.enterprise.net/hugh0piggott/books/
Diffuser Augmented Wind Turbine (DAWT) - Ducted, Shrouded, Diffusers, What ever you want to call them. The venturi effect even.
Mankind has made big efforts to concentrate the wind for increasing the natural wind velocity or to enlarge the power ratio. Wind tunnel investigations have delivered some hopeful result, but this was never proofed in reality, until today.
http://www.ifb.uni-stuttgart.de/~doerner/diffuser.html
Research:
Wind Empowerment Zones, by Bentham Paulos, the Energy Foundation, September
1999. Available at
http://www.energyfoundation.org/downloads/docsUpload/windez.pdf .
Harvesting the Wind: An Assessment of Farmer Interest in Wind Energy For
Economic Development, Loni Kemp, Lola Schoenrich, Lori Lanphere, for the
Minnesota Project and the Clean Water Fund, June 1995.
http://www.me3.org/projects/seed/harvestwind.html
Locally-Owned Wind Energy Feasibility Project, Lola Schoenrich, Minnesota
Project, and E.G. Nadeau, Cooperative Development Services, May 1997.
http://www.me3.org/projects/seed/localfease.html
The Effect of Wind Energy Development On State and Local Economies, National
Wind Coordinating Committee, January 1997.
http://www.nationalwind.org/pubs/wes/wes05.htm
Harvest the Wind, WindustryTM Wind Energy Curriculum, Sustainable Resources
Center, 1997. The Windustry(tm) Project is working with farmers to
facilitate a better understanding of the promise and opportunities of wind
energy and provide the tools for participation. See
http://www.windustry.org/ .
Landowner's Guide to Wind Energy In the Upper Midwest, by Nancy Lange and
William Grant (Izaak Walton League of America), with Don Bain; Paul Gipe,
Paul Gipe & Assoc.; and Lynn Hayes, Farmers Legal Action Group, Izaak Walton
League of America 1995. http://www.me3.org/issues/wind/iwlaguid.html .
Economic Impact Analysis of Windpower Development in Southwest Minnesota,
prepared by DanMar and Associates for the Southwest Regional Development
Commission (SWRDC), September, 1996. This report indicates that wind energy
development will provide economic diversification in Southwest Minnesota,
and concludes that local ownership of projects substantially increases the
economic value of regional wind power. Contact: SWRDC, phone: 507-836-8547.
Cooperative Wind: How Co-Ops and Advocates Expanded Wind Power in Minnesota,
by Michael W. Tennis, Paul Jefferiss, and Steve Clemmer, Renewable Energy
Policy Project (REPP) external publication number 2, April 1998. See
http://www.repp.org/articles/tennjeffclem/index_tennjeffclem.html .
Wind Clusters: Expanding the Market Appeal of Wind Energy Systems, by John
R. Dunlop, Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP) issue brief number 4,
November 1996. See http://www.repp.org/articles/issuebr4/index_ib4.html .
Expanding Wind Power: Can Americans Afford It?, Jamie Chapman, OEM
Development Corp. and Steven Wiese, Planergy, Inc., Renewable Energy Policy
Project Research Report No. 6, October 1998. Available online at
http://www.repp.org/articles/chapman/chapman.pdf . "Another study found
that adding 10,000 MW of wind capacity nationally would generate $17 million
per year in land-use easement payments to the owners of the land on which
the windfarms are situated, and $89 million per year from maintenance and
operations."
"Harvest the Wind: The Midwest Could be the Saudi Arabia of Wind-Powered
Energy," by Chester Peterson Jr., Successful Farming, Vol. 97, No. 1,
January 1999. See
http://www.agriculture.com/sfonline/sf/1999/january/wind/index.html
Taxing Wind Energy in Minnesota, John Bailey and David Morris, January 1995,
Institute for Local Self-Reliance. See http://www.me3.org/issues/wind/tax/
Minnesota Wind Resource Assessment Program Report, Minnesota Department of
Public Service, 1994. See
http://www.dpsv.state.mn.us/docs/infocntr/special/pdfs/wrap_99.pdf
Dealers:
|
|
[ Previous 5 Sites | Skip Previous | Previous | Next ]
This International Windmill ring [ Skip Next \| Next 5 Sites \| Random Site \| List Sites ] |
