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By: Zach Wood Zach Debiase Zach Dooley Tom vonMaucher

Wind Power. By: Zach Wood Zach Debiase Zach Dooley Tom vonMaucher. Types of Wind Turbines. Four Main Components Of Wind Turbines. A rotor that consists of 2 or 3 blades attached to a hub. A generator that produces electricity in the form of alternating current.

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By: Zach Wood Zach Debiase Zach Dooley Tom vonMaucher

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  1. Wind Power By: Zach Wood Zach Debiase Zach Dooley Tom vonMaucher

  2. Types of Wind Turbines

  3. FourMain Components Of Wind Turbines • A rotor that consists of 2 or 3 blades attached to a hub. • A generator that produces electricity in the form of alternating current. • Control and Protection system that optimizes performance and keeps the machinery operating with safe limits. • The tower that raises the rotor off the ground.

  4. Parts To a Wind Turbine

  5. How is Power Produced? • Long tall towers with propellers on the top about 40 to 80 meters up in the air. • The propellers spin around from the wind. Which turns a turbine, which creates electricity that can power many homes. • The propellers on top are usually the same size or half the size of the height of the tower.

  6. Pros and Cons

  7. Size of Wind Turbines • A typical turbine with a 600 kW electrical generator will typically have a rotor diameter of some 44 meters (144 ft.).

  8. Wind power is the fastest growing form of alternative energy. • 40% of all generation capacity added to the electric grid came from wind energy. • Electric utilities are adding Wind to their establishments more and more everyday.

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