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A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. As of 2020 [update] , hundreds of thousands of large turbines , in installations known as wind farms , were generating over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. [ 1 ]
A 2010 Harris Poll found strong support for wind power in Germany, other European countries, and the United States. [145] [146] [152] Public support in the United States has decreased from 75% in 2020 to 62% in 2021, with the Democratic Party supporting the use of wind energy twice as much as the Republican Party. [153]
Iowa is the leading state in terms of wind energy accounting for nearly 40% of total energy production in 2019. The Alta Wind Energy Center (1,020 MW) in California is the nation's largest wind farm in terms of capacity. Altamont Pass Wind Farm is the largest wind farm in the U.S. in terms of the number of individual turbines. [112]
GE Wind Energy: Haliade-X 14.7 Prototype Dogger Bank C (United Kingdom) Prototype deployed October 2019 as 12 MW, uprated to 13 MW in October 2020, then to 14 MW in October 2021, then to 14.7MW. [21] Siemens Gamesa: SG 14-222 DD 14.7 Commercially deployed April 2024 [22] Moray West GE Wind Energy: Haliade-X 13 Commercially deployed August 2023
Wind turbine design is the process of defining the form and configuration of a wind turbine to extract energy from the wind. [1] An installation consists of the systems needed to capture the wind's energy, point the turbine into the wind, convert mechanical rotation into electrical power , and other systems to start, stop, and control the turbine.
In Denmark, wind energy met more than 40% of its electricity demand while Ireland, Portugal and Spain each met nearly 20%. [82] Globally, the long-term technical potential of wind energy is believed to be five times total current global energy production, or 40 times current electricity demand, assuming all practical barriers needed were overcome.
According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)'s 2024 report, global wind power capacity surpassed the 1-terawatt (TW) mark, reaching 1021 GW, a 13% increase from the previous year. The GWEC has updated its forecasts, projecting a total capacity of 1,210 GW by 2030 and emphasizing the need to triple annual installations to at least 320 GW ...
Latvia's wind capacity grew by 75%, the largest percent increase in 2022. [3] In November 2018, wind power generation in Scotland was higher than the country's electricity consumption during the month. [5] Wind power's share of worldwide electricity usage in 2023 was 7.8%, up from 7.3% from the prior year.