Wind Energy:

It can blow you away !

 The sun heats the earth unevenly
• The earth is covered by both land
and water which heat and cool at
different rates

• It rotates, creating daytime and

night-time

• It is tilted creating seasonal

differences

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 Uneven heating causes
air to move
Warm pockets of air rise, and others move in to replace them;

Thus the wind blows.

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Wind Energy Applications

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 Energy in wind
Wind strikes an object

Exerts a force to move it out of the way

Energy transferred to the object

The wind’s energy can be converted

into electricity by using

Wind Turbines

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Parts of a Wind Turbine

https://SlideShop.com/wind-energy-parts-turbine 6
 How wind turbines work
• Wind pushes the turbine blades- turns the rotor

• The rotor turns the rotor shaft and gearbox-connected to

generator

• Generator produce electricity

• Power transmit over to loads or grids

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Working of Wind turbines

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 Wind energy is the fastest growing
renewable energy source in the world now

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Cumulative Installed Wind Capacity-
2001-2016

Source of data: http://gwec.net/global-figures/graphs, GWEC

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 Wind power production by country-
2015

Source : http://www.gwec.net/wp-content/uploads/vip/GWEC_PRstats2016_EN_WEB.pdf 11
 Indian Wind Power Scenario
State Total Generation Capacity
(MW)
Tamil Nadu 7,684.31
Maharashtra 4,664.08
Gujarat 4,227.31
Rajasthan 4,123.35
Karnataka 3,082.45
Madhya Pradesh 2,288.60
Andhra Pradesh 1,866.35
Telangana 98.70
Kerala 43.50
others 4.30
Total 28,082.95

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_India 12
 Classification of Wind Turbines

Source: http://www.cntimar.com/news/the-contrast-of-hawt-and-vawt-eml-4790.html
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 Classification of Wind Turbines
Offshore Wind Turbines Onshore Wind Turbines

Source: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/energy/2017-02-01-wind-in-the-sails-of-sas-
renewable-energy-sector-as-trialpha-invests/ 14
 Classification of Wind Turbines –
based on the type of generator used
Type of WT Electrical Generator Used

Type A Fixed speed generators-

Eg: Squirrel cage Induction generators
Type B Fixed speed generators-
Eg : Wound rotor generators
Type C Variable speed generators
Eg: DFIG (Most popular)
Type D Variable speed generators
Eg: Wound rotor synchronous machines
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 Advantages of Wind Energy

Wind is free and renewable

Clean, no pollution

Can be built in remote areas

Range of sizes
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 Dis-advantages of Wind Energy
• Highly intermittent nature
• High initial cost
• Noisy
• Suited to coastal / hilly areas only
• May harm wildlife to a small extent

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How many homes can a wind
turbine power?

An average 1.5MW
turbine can power 332
households for a year

Information source :https://www.wind-watch.org/ 18

London array – World’s largest onshore
Wind farm
175 Wind turbines with a total production of 630 MW

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Questions ?????

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Thank You !