PPT-Wind Power FUNdamentals

James Smith Activity Convection Where is the Wind Types of Turbines Activity KISS the Wind Blade Design Kit Wind Energy Educational Resources Activity How Windy are You Agenda Find a Partner you are able to work with. Addressing Some Common Misconceptions. Governors Wind Energy Coalition Transmission Briefing. November 3, 2011 Washington, DC. Ed DeMeo. Renewable Energy Consulting Services, Inc.. Technical Advisor:. Gary Snyder, RES, Oklahoma State University. Wade Patterson, Garfield County Assessor. What is wind energy and how is it generated?. Wind energy is a source of renewable energy that harnesses the kinetic energy of the wind or, in other words, of the air in movement.. Richard Caldow. Field operations manager. Who Are Proven Energy . . Global market leader in small wind (1.5kW to 50kW). . Strong brand recognition. 20 years manufacturing (in Scotland) and installing turbines globally. . Earliest use of wind power goes back to the development of sailing ships. Larger vessels built in the 19. th. century could extract as much as 10000 hp.. Stationary wind machines were later brought into practice.. Energy & Technology. Nare Janvelyan. Harvard Energy Journal Club. April 1, 2015. Harnessing wind energy . Wind Energy History. 5000 BC. Sailboats used on the Nile indicate the power of wind. 500-900 AD. The Power of Wind. Disclaimer. I am not a . wind. expert!!. Wind turbine blade on I-29 north of Sioux Falls, 10 Oct 2008. aerospace. wind. What is a Wind Turbine. Remember your bicycle dynamo?. A turbine uses wind to turn shaft connected to a gearbox, followed by a generator to produce electricity. Wind Turbines are becoming more and more popular as the idea of “green energy” expands. Matt McCombs. History. The first wind turbines were created in 500 A.D. by the Persians. . The Persians used the idea of wind power for everyday work such as grain grinding and water pumping cutting down on manual labor.. Group 4:. Mon Arguelles. Francis . Estolano. Mumty. . Quevedo. Randy Prado. Shine Villanueva. Julienne Yee. Shiela. Zara. Technology Paper: Wind Power. Wind Power. Technology Paper: Wind Power. Background. ACAMP Seminar March 16, 2016. 2. Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is a growth-oriented North American power producer headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. The company develops, acquires, operates and optimizes power generation from a variety of energy sources. . 1. Wind energy is cost . competitive.. Photo from DOE Flickr. . 465 020 003. *Wiser, R.; . Bolinger. , M. 2017. . 2016 Wind Technologies Market Report. . U.S. Department of Energy. . In 2017, the wind sector invested more than $11 billion in the U.S. economy to build projects and employed more than 105,500 workers.*. Global Wind Patterns. History of Wind Energy. 5000 BC. Sailboats used on the Nile indicate the power of wind. 500-900 AD. First windmills developed in Persia. 1300 AD. First horizontal-axis. windmills in Europe. . General description. The use of air flow through wind turbines to mechanical generators for electric power. . Diagram of a typical wind turbine. Process. Wind blows and turns the rotor. Through a gearbox, the spinning turbine turns an electrical generator and generates electricity which can be fed into a storage system or to the electrical grid. Intesab. . Nasir. Bilal. Ahmed Khan. X-S. September 3, 2011. Wind Power. PPM . Energy/Scottish Power . via Bloomberg News. Updated: Dec. 23, 2010. Wind power is one of the fastest-growing sources of energy around the world. It is popular because it is abundant and provides many communities with a clean, local source of electricity, as opposed to imported fossil fuels. In the United States, which passed Germany to become the country producing the most wind power, the Department of Energy has estimated that wind power could account for 20 percent of the nation's electricity supply by 2030.. Sustainable development benefits The project has helped to everal measures were undertaken to reduce this impact such as prohibiting the construction under strong wind weather reducing the area of con