Wind Power

Onshore and offshore wind farms, turbine technology (Vestas, Siemens Gamesa), capacity factor, curtailment.

292 articles

Articles

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Whitelee Wind Farm: Development, Operations and Public Access

Whitelee is the UK's largest onshore wind farm in Scotland, with 539 MW capacity, significant visitor infrastructure and a history of expans...

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Hywind Scotland: The World's First Commercial Floating Wind Farm

Hywind Scotland is the world's first commercial floating wind farm, featuring 30 MW of capacity off Peterhead, Scotland.

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Gouda Wind Facility: Concrete Tower Innovation in South Africa

Overview of the Gouda Wind Facility, a 138 MW onshore wind farm in South Africa featuring concrete towers.

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Hornsea Wind Farm: Development and Operational History

Overview of the Hornsea Wind Farm cluster in the North Sea, including construction phases, capacity expansion, and grid integration.

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Lincs Wind Farm: Offshore Development and Grid Integration

Lincs Wind Farm is a 270 MW offshore wind project in the North Sea, completed in 2013 with significant grid infrastructure investment.

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MPI Resolution: First Self-Elevating Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

MPI Resolution was the world's first self-elevating turbine installation vessel, pioneering offshore wind construction in the North Sea.

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Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm: Development and Operations in South Wales

Pen y Cymoedd is the UK's highest altitude wind farm, located in South Wales with a capacity of 228 MW.

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Out Newton: Hamlet and Coastal Wind Farm in East Riding of Yorkshire

Out Newton is a historic hamlet in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, featuring a 9 MW wind farm operated by RWE.

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Norther Offshore Wind Farm

Norther is a 369.6 MW offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea, operational since 2019 with 44 Vestas turbines.

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Alpha Ventus Offshore Wind Farm: Germany's First North Sea Project

Alpha Ventus is Germany's first offshore wind farm in the North Sea, featuring 12 turbines and pioneering research.

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Beinn an Tuirc windfarm

Beinn an Tuirc windfarm in Argyll, Scotland, features 46 Vestas turbines. Notable for a 2007 tower collapse and unique golden eagle conserva...

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Puketoi Wind Farm: Proposed Development in New Zealand

Proposed wind farm in New Zealand's Tararua District by Mercury Energy, featuring 53 turbines and a 220 kV transmission line.

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Dalhousie Mountain Wind Farm

51 MW wind farm on Dalhousie Mountain, Nova Scotia. Built in 2009 with 34 turbines.

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Eurus Wind Farm

Eurus Wind Farm in Oaxaca, Mexico, is a 250.5 MW onshore wind project developed by Cemex and Acciona Energia.

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Mombasa Cement Wind Power Station

36 MW wind farm in Kenya owned by Mombasa Cement Limited, commissioned in 2019 to power the Vipingo clinker factory.

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Aapua Wind Farm

Aapua Wind Farm is a 9.9 MW onshore wind farm in Norrbotten, Sweden, operational since 2005.

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Spremberg Wind Park: Lattice Mast Engineering and Construction

Details on the Spremberg Wind Park in Germany, featuring world-record lattice masts and Fuhrländer turbines.

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Holmside Hall Wind Farm

Holmside Hall Wind Farm is a 5.5 MW wind energy facility near Stanley, County Durham, operated by E.ON UK.

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Boulenouar Wind Power Station: Development and Impact in Mauritania

Boulenouar Wind Power Station is a 102.375 MW wind farm in Mauritania, developed by Siemens Gamesa to expand the country's renewable energy...

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Langley Park Wind Farm: Development and Digital TV Interference

Langley Park Wind Farm in County Durham, UK. 8.2 MW capacity, 4 turbines. Notable for 2008 digital TV signal disruption.