Article | REF: D4005 V1

Electricity generation from renewable sources

Author: Bernard MULTON

Publication date: May 10, 2003

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4. Aerogeneration (wind turbines)

It took several decades to build wind turbines that were silent, aesthetically pleasing and resistant to the highly capricious weather conditions . For users not connected to the grid and located in fairly windy areas, this is a cost-effective production method. Small machines ranging from 100 W to 30 kW are marketed for isolated site applications. Large-scale production (currently 200 kW to 3 MW turbines) connected to the grid becomes profitable in sufficiently...

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