1. Current context
Wind power was first developed in Denmark in the 1980s, then in the USA, Germany and India in the 1990s. Europe and, to a lesser extent, the United States dominated the wind power industry for a long time, but China is now the country with the largest wind turbine manufacturers and the highest installed wind power capacity, with 145 GW at the end of 2015.
In Europe, wind power provides 10% of electricity consumption.
One striking phenomenon is the sharp increase in the number of countries with policies in place to develop wind power. Whereas in 2000, there were still only 5 countries with more than 500 MW of wind power, there were 35 in 2014.
This very strong growth has been accompanied by a rapid increase in the diameter of wind turbine rotors, from an average of 30 m (for 0.3 MW) in the early 1990s, to 80 m (for...
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Bibliography
La bibliographie récente relative à l'électricité éolienne est à la fois pauvre et surabondante. Pauvre, parce que la technologie, le marché et le futur de l'électricité éolienne évoluent tellement rapidement que le temps nécessaire à la rédaction d'un ouvrage le rend caduc avant sa parution. Surabondante, parce que le nombre des articles de toutes sortes décrivant un des éléments de l'énorme...Websites
1. Official websites
1.1. France
The development of wind power in France is organized by the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, in conjunction with the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry.
Among the organizations most involved in this development are :
ADEME, the French Environment and Energy Management Agency...
Standards and norms
International standards
The standards to which wind turbines must conform are drawn up and constantly updated by the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission). http://www.iec.ch/
All standards relating to wind turbines are classified under IEC 61400. http://www.iec.ch/
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