Wind Power

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

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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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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.

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Gemini Wind Farm

Gemini is a 600 MW offshore wind farm in the North Sea, Netherlands, developed by Northland Power and commissioned in 2017.

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Higueruela Wind Park: Development and Operations in Castile-La Mancha

Higueruela Wind Park in Spain features 244 turbines and 161 MW capacity, once the world's largest wind farm.

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Karusa Wind Power Station: Development and Operations in the Western Cape

Karusa Wind Power Station is a 147 MW onshore wind farm in South Africa, developed by Enel Green Power and commissioned in 2022.

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Berwick Bank Wind Farm: Proposed Offshore Project in the Firth of Forth

Proposed 4.1 GW offshore wind farm in Scotland by SSE Renewables, approved in 2025 with CfD secured in 2026.

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Black Law Wind Farm: Development and Environmental Restoration in South Lanarkshire

Black Law Wind Farm in Scotland is a 188 MW facility built on a restored opencast coalmine, featuring 88 turbines and significant ecological...

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Lone Star Wind Farm: Development and Operations in Texas

Lone Star Wind Farm in Texas, operational since 2008, features 200 Gamesa turbines with 400 MW capacity.

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Great Eppleton Wind Farm: Twin-Bladed Turbines and Modernization

Wind farm in Tyne and Wear, England. Originally featured twin-bladed turbines, later replaced by REpower MM92 units.