Wind energy

Wind energy

Industry: Energy

Contributors in Wind energy

Wind energy

is a naturally occurring gas, and also a by-product of burning fossil fuels and biomass, as well as land-use changes and other industrial processes. It is the principal anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...

Citizen engagement

Energy; Wind energy

can be defined as being responsive to lay views and actively seeking the involvement of the lay public in policymaking and decision-making. Considered a central motif in public policy discourse ...

Climate change

Energy; Wind energy

is a change of climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity which alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over ...

Cogging:

Energy; Wind energy

variation in speed of a generator due to variations in magnetic flux as rotor poles pass stator poles. Cogging in permanent magnet generators can hinder the start-up of small wind turbines at low ...

Community acceptance

Energy; Wind energy

refers to the acceptance of specific projects at the local level, including affected populations, key local stakeholders and local authorities.

Control area

Energy; Wind energy

is a coherent part of the UCTE Interconnected System (usually concurrent with the territory of a company, a country or a geographical area, and physically demarcated by the position of points for ...

Control block

Energy; Wind energy

comprises one or more control areas, working together in the secondary control function, with respect to the other control blocks of the synchronous area to which it belongs.