Wind Power

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

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Articles

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Barrow Offshore Wind Farm: Development and Operations

Barrow Offshore Wind Farm is a 90 MW offshore wind farm in the East Irish Sea, operated by Ørsted near Barrow-in-Furness.

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Hundhammerfjellet Wind Farm

Wind farm in Nærøysund, Norway with 17 turbines and 55 MW capacity.

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Nordsee-Ost offshore wind farm

Nordsee-Ost is a 295 MW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, developed by RWE Innogy and commissioned in 2015.

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Markbygden Wind Farm: Development, Phases and Operational Status

Overview of the Markbygden Wind Farm in Sweden, Europe's largest onshore wind project, its phases, capacity, and current status.

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Windpark Noordoostpolder: Development and Operations

Windpark Noordoostpolder is a major onshore and near-shore wind farm in the Netherlands, completed in 2017 with a capacity of 429 MW.

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Khangela Emoyeni Wind Power Station

144 MW wind farm in South Africa's Western Cape, developed by AIIM subsidiaries for Rio Tinto's Richards Bay Minerals.

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Harapaki Wind Farm: Development and Operations in Hawke's Bay

Harapaki Wind Farm in New Zealand, operated by Meridian Energy, is the country's second-largest wind farm, completed in 2024 with 41 turbine...

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Crows Nest Wind Farm: Proposed Development in Queensland

Overview of the proposed Crows Nest Wind Farm in Queensland, Australia, including capacity, location, and community objections.

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Project Hayes: Proposed Wind Farm in Central Otago

Project Hayes was a proposed 630 MW wind farm in New Zealand's Lammermoor Range, withdrawn in 2012 after legal challenges.

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Horns Rev Offshore Wind Farm: Pioneering North Sea Wind Energy

Horns Rev was the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the North Sea, pioneering 160 MW capacity in 2002.

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First Flight wind farm: Proposed Offshore Project in Northern Ireland

First Flight was a proposed 600MW offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea, abandoned in 2014 due to regulatory and incentive challenges.

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Puketiro Wind Farm: Proposed Development and Abandonment

The Puketiro Wind Farm was a proposed 130 MW renewable energy project in New Zealand that was abandoned in 2011 following public consultatio...

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Castle Wind Farm: Development and Operations in South Africa

Castle Wind Farm is an 89 MW wind project in South Africa's Northern Cape, owned by ACED and Reatile Group, supplying power to Sibanye-Still...

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Kingsbridge Wind Power Project

Overview of the Kingsbridge Wind Power Project in Ontario, Canada, a 39.6 MW wind farm operated by Capital Power.

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Moray East Wind Farm

Moray East is a 950 MW offshore wind farm in Scotland, featuring Vestas turbines and tripod foundations.

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Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm: Development and Operations in South Africa

Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm is a 135.11 MW onshore wind facility in South Africa's Eastern Cape, commissioned in 2014 as part of Bid Window 1.

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Seriti Wind Power Station

Seriti Wind Power Station is a 155 MW wind farm under construction in South Africa, owned by Seriti Green Energy.

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Kawailoa Wind Farm: Operations and Ecological Impact in Oahu

Kawailoa Wind Farm is a 69 MW onshore wind project in Oahu, Hawaii, operational since 2012, notable for its ecological impact on native bird...

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Fosen Vind: Europe's Second Largest Onshore Wind Farm and the Sami Rights Dispute

Fosen Vind is a 1 GW onshore wind complex in Norway, notable for its scale and the historic Supreme Court ruling on Sami reindeer herders' r...

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Massif du Sud Wind Project

150 MW wind farm in Quebec developed by EDF and Enbridge near Saint-Philémon.