Generating Electricity:
Wind Power
Mass. Wind Resources
Small Wind TurbinesSmall Wind Turbines
10 kW
50 kW
400 W 900 W
Eastern HallEastern Hall
400W
Large Wind Turbines
0.55 MW to 3.6 MW
Wind Turbine Components
Nacelle56 tons
Tower3 sections
Workers Blade112’ long
Wind Turbine Components
Example: Desert Sky – West Texas
107 Turbines at 1.5 MW each
Example: Searsburg Wind Facility
11 Turbines at 0.55 MW each
Example: Cape Wind Project
130 turbines 3.6 MW each
Cape Wind project
Environmental Issues
Environmental Issue – Visual Pollution
Visual pollution Bird and bat
migration
Environmental Issue – Bird Mortalities
Electric Power Capacity (MW)
US 970,000
Renewable 97,000(10%)
Wind 6,000(1/2%)
40 x Current Wind
240,000(25%)