WIND ENERGY V2

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<< Introduction to Wind Energy Guides & Product specifications

FULL CONTENT LIST

Technologies:

• Overview
  • What is Wind Energy?
  • Uses
  • History
  • WT functions
  • WT concepts
  • Modern WT components
  • Electricity production
  • Infrastructure
  • Service & maintenance
  • Energy balance
  • Environmental benefits
  • Cost of produced electricity
  • Cold climate
• Wind resources & assessment
• Resource definition
• How wind is created
• Nature of resource
• Available world resources
• Global distribution
• Measuring resource
• WE into electricity
• European Wind Atlas
• Topography & surface roughness
• Resource documentation
• Meteorological statistics - reliability
• Measuring equipment
• D ata collection
• WE mapping
• Complex terrain
• Grid connected WT
• Most used application
• Definition
• Electrical demands
• Directly coupled
• Indirectly coupled
• Commercial concepts
• Impact on the grid
• Components for grid connection
• Electrical safety recommendations
• Isolated electricity systems
• Various systems
• Energy storage
• Offshore wind resources
• What is offshore
• Advantages & disavantages
• EU o ffshore resources
• Feasibility factors
• Foundation types
• Sea-cable connection to mainland
• I nstallation economy
• Experiences from pilot-projects
• E conomical size
• E nvironmental issues
• Operation & service implications
• S pecial installation techniques
• EU p otential installation
• Future perspectives
• Implementation into utility systems
• Load management
• How much WE
• Grid connection: advantages
• Voltage level of connection
• Frequency of the grid
• Active & reactive power
• Cosinus phi
• Cables & transformers
• Grid quality control
• Production / consumption
• WTGs electrical demand
• Flicker
• Technical characteristics
• WT types
• Rotor type & orientation
• Blades type & number
• Rotor revolution speed
• Tower types
• Drivetrains
• Gearboxes
• Generators
• Yaw principles
• Power control
• Stall control - Pitch control
• Aerodynamic brakes & control surfaces
• Variable speed
• Blades
• Connection blade / hub
• Operational support systems
• Overall control & monitoring
• Remote control
• Power curve
• Weight & size
• O&M and repair manuals
• Safety systems
• Rotor lock, hooks, etc.
• Generated electricity: economy
• Definitions
• Key parameters
• Investment costs
• Electricity production
• & M and service costs
• Lifetime
• Financing
• Capacity value
• C omparisons with other resources
• Individual investor's economy
• Externalities
• Environmental benefit
• Market development
• 20th century development
• N ew era from mid 1970s
• World wide penetration
• Market drivers
• Energy need / Environmental need
• World-region distributions
• Wind capacity installation EU
• WE growth rates EU
• G rowth: short-term prediction
• Growth: long term prediction
• Supply side characteristics
• World t en top manufacturers
• Market c ustomer segments
• EU user incentives
• EU technology to developing countries
• EU industry employment
• EU c ross-border trade
• Sharing electricity production: EU p erspectives
• WE future perspectives
• Market perspectives
• Cost reduction potential
• International context
• Future applications
• WE & hydrogen
• Other developments
• Social context
• Employment
• Environmental & energy policy
• Environment
• Global environment
• Local issues
• WE generation
• E xternalities
• Planning
• General planning
• Issues
• Planning tools
• Standards and certification
• Why?
• EU: type approval
• EU: certification
• Measuring on WTG systems
• P ower curve
• Mechanical load
• Blade tests
• Noise, electrical, protection
• MEASNET
• Public attitudes

How to obtain the LIOR GUIDES?

Directory:

• Manufacturers
• Sub-Suppliers
• Engineering
• Consultants
• Certification Centres
• R & D Centres
• Education & Training
• Associations
• Other Organisations

Databank

• THESAURUS / GLOSSARY (Keywords & Acronyms + definitions (partly translated)
• CONVERSIONS, SYMBOLS AND UNITS
• PUBLICATIONS (selection of relevant publications)
• MEDIA GALLERY :
  • Photographs / Videos / Animations / Drawings /
  • Graphics: access to screens from all available pictures in the Encyclopaedia
• LEGISLATION– Policy /regulations – Subsidies: EU + world
• CHOICE OF PATH ( Standard features )
  • Educational path (Medium + High level)
  • Presentation path (SME - DEMO)
  • Guided tour (Express Tour - Complete tour)
  • Build your own paths

Example Projects

• Single WTGs
• Wind farm
• Offshore
• Others
• By country
  • Name of the plant/project
  • For each plant/project the following information (when available)
• Presentation / Title/Credentials/
• Objectives of the project
  • Site data: Plan of the site
  • Information (Available literature, publications, videos etc)
  • Technical description
    • Plant/project description/lay-out
    • Installation data
    • Operating data
• Administration
  • Environmental data (Emissions)
  • Results
• Economics (when available)
  • Investment cost
  • Financing, Public support/subsidies, EC support
  • Operating cost: Labour, Maintenance
  • Revenues 
  • Pay- back time

LIST OF EXAMPLE PROJECTS

How to obtain the LIOR GUIDES?