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Generating Electricity:
Wind Power
Wind Resources
CT Wind Resources
Mass. Wind Resources
Small Wind TurbinesSmall Wind Turbines
10 kW
50 kW
400 W 900 W
Eastern HallEastern Hall
400W
Large Turbines
Large Wind Turbines
0.55 MW to 3.6 MW
Wind Turbine Components
Nacelle56 tons
Tower3 sections
Workers Blade112’ long
Wind Turbine Components
Steam Turbine
30 Year Lifetime
Financing
Costs
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%)
