Notes - Technical Issues

The following notes are taken from Wind Turbine Technology by Ahmad Hemami.

• disadvantages of wind energy
• low level energy not high capacity
• requires a lot of land area
• wind power ratings are for maximum power delivery
• expected max power only about 1/3rd of the day
• not continuously available
• wind cannot be the full supplier of energy for the grid in the US but is possible in other more windy countries
• transmission line technology in many of these countries not capable of supporting variable energy flows from wind energy

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