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Sunday, August 26, 2018

When The Wind Blows

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A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other purposes. A wind farm can also be located offshore.

Many of the largest operational onshore wind farms are located in China, India, and the United States. For example, the largest wind farm in the world, Gansu Wind Farm in China has a capacity of over 6,000 MW as of 2012, with a goal of 20,000 MW by 2020. As of April 2013, the 630 MW London Array in the UK is the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

As a general rule, economic wind generators require wind speed of 4.5 m/s (16 km/h) or greater. An ideal location would have a near constant flow of non-turbulent wind throughout the year, with a minimum likelihood of sudden powerful bursts of wind. An important factor of turbine siting is also access to local demand or transmission capacity





World's largest onshore wind farms
Wind farmCurrent
capacity
(MW)
CountryNotes
Gansu Wind Farm6,800China[1][7][8][9][10]
Zhang Jiakou3,000China[7]
Urat Zhongqi, Bayannur City2,100China[7]
Hami Wind Farm2,000China[7]
Damao Qi, Baotou City1,600China[7]
Alta (Oak Creek-Mojave)1,320United States[11]
Jaisalmer Wind Park1,064India[12]
Hongshagang, Town, Minqin County1,000China[7]
Kailu, Tongliao1,000China[7]
Chengde1,000China[7]
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm523.3United States[13][14]
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm662.5United States[13][14]
Dabancheng Wind Farm500China[15]
Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm600Romania[16]
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm599.8United States[17]
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center735.5United States[13][14]
Meadow Lake Wind Farm500United States[17]
Panther Creek Wind Farm458United States[14]
Roscoe Wind Farm781.5United States[18]
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm845United States
Sweetwater Wind Farm585.3United States[13]
Whitelee Wind Farm539Scotland, U.K

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