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Small wind turbines: The unsung heroes of the wind industry

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 1005 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 1471-0846
DOI: 10.1016/s1471-0846(02)80025-7

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✦ Synopsis

The unsung heroes of the wind industw J Most discussions concerning wind energy usually focus on utility-size projects on a megawatt scale and how to get such projects off the ground. Whilst silently whirring away in the background are the millions of small (less than 100kW) and micro-turbines (less than 5kW) that have been installed on a huge scale for decades making significant contributions to supplying electricity in off-grid and grid connected areas. Here we take a closer look at these unsung heroes of wind, issues surrounding their installation and use, and highlight companies around the world that manufacture a variety of small and micro-wind turbines for a range of applications.

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