Generating Electricity: Wind Power. Wind Resources.

Generating Electricity:

Wind Power

Wind Resources

CT Wind Resources

Mass. Wind Resources

Small Wind TurbinesSmall Wind Turbines

10 kW

50 kW

400 W 900 W

Eastern HallEastern Hall

400W

Large Turbines

Large Wind Turbines

0.55 MW to 3.6 MW

Wind Turbine Components

Nacelle56 tons

Tower3 sections

Workers Blade112’ long

Wind Turbine Components

Steam Turbine

30 Year Lifetime

Financing

Costs

Example: Desert Sky – West Texas

107 Turbines at 1.5 MW each

Example: Searsburg Wind Facility

11 Turbines at 0.55 MW each

Example: Cape Wind Project

130 turbines 3.6 MW each

Cape Wind project

Environmental Issues

Environmental Issue – Visual Pollution

Visual pollution Bird and bat

migration

Environmental Issue – Bird Mortalities

Electric Power Capacity (MW)

US 970,000

Renewable 97,000(10%)

Wind 6,000(1/2%)

40 x Current Wind

240,000(25%)