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A group of wind turbines interconnected to a common power provider system through a system of transformers, distribution lines, and (usually) one substation. Operation, control, and maintenance functions are often centralized through a network of computerized monitoring systems, supplemented by visual inspection. This is a term commonly used in the United States. In Europe, it is called a generating station.
Industry:Energy
A group of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; a series of molecules composed of a hydrocarbon plus a hydroxyl group; includes methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol and others.
Industry:Energy
Electric power provider capacity on line and running at low power in excess of actual load.
Industry:Energy
Electrical energy lost due to inherent inefficiencies in an electrical transmission and distribution system under specific conditions.
Industry:Energy
Electrolytic process in which a metal is deposited at the cathode from a solution of its ions.
Industry:Energy
Electromagnetic energy transmitted from the sun (solar radiation). The amount that reaches the earth is equal to one billionth of total solar energy generated, or the equivalent of about 420 trillion kilowatt-hours.
Industry:Energy
Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of 4 to 400 nanometers.
Industry:Energy
Electromagnetic radiation whose wavelengths lie in the range from 0.75 micrometer to 1000 micrometers; invisible long wavelength radiation (heat) capable of producing a thermal or photovoltaic effect, though less effective than visible light.
Industry:Energy
