Wind power, the conversion of wind energy into electricity using wind turbines, is making a dramatic impact on the power electronics industry. As wind turbines continue to appear, there will be pressure on manufacturers to improve their performance.
Wind Power Articles on PET
Answers to Energy Crisis Are Blowin' in the Wind
The wind is a form of solar power that has been converted to mechanical energy. Just as the sunshine does not shine all the time, the wind does not blow all the time. The more the wind blows, the more power that can be produced by the wind turbines....
Wind-Generating Capacity Slated for Record Growth
The U.S. wind energy industry is on track to add well over 3000 MW to the nation’s power generating capacity in 2007, according to the second quarter market report from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). ...
Wind Will Power Belgian Antarctic Station
Proven Energy, maker of small wind turbines, is supplying eight of its 6-kW turbines for Belgium's Princess Elisabeth Antarctic research station....
Large Wind Power Inverters Ordered
Magnetek has received an initial production order to deliver 60 wind-power inverters valued at more than $7 million.Magnetek has received an initial production order to deliver 60 wind-power inverters valued at more than $7 million. ...
Wind Power Company Orders Three Million Ultracaps
A European producer of wind power systems has placed a purchase order for 3 million of Maxwell's BOOSTCAP "D cell" ultracapacitors to provide backup power for wind turbine blade pitch systems....
Wind Will Power Component Development Too
Data released by the Global Wind Energy Council illustrates how the installed base of wind power plants across the world is growing rapidly....
NREL and GE Develop Offshore Wind Turbine
DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has signed a contract with General Electric to develop an offshore wind power system....
U.S. Wind Energy Capacity Reaches 10,000 MW
U.S. wind power installations exceed 10,000 MW in generating capacity, and produce enough electricity daily to power the equivalent of over 2.5 million homes....
Inverter in Wind Generator Receives UL Approval
Southwest Windpower has received Underwriters Laboratories certification for a key component of its 1.8-kW Skystream 3.7 residential-scale wind power generator. ...
Wind Drives Piezoelectric Generator
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington are testing ways to use piezoelectric materials and wind or vibrations to create inexpensive electricity....
Sales Solid for Wind Turbines and Photovoltaics
Wind turbine and photovoltaic companies have experienced extraordinary sales and are expected to translate these sales into solid market share gains on the competition....
Wind Power Resources on the Web
Wikipedia: Wind Power
Lengthy documentation of wind power, onshore vs. offshore turbine installation, and other wind power related issues....
Southwest Windpower
Site of the company who create small, reliable battery charging wind generators that complements photovoltaics in supplying energy to rural areas of the world....
Wind power, the conversion of wind energy into electricity using wind turbines, is making a dramatic impact on the power electronics industry. As wind turbines continue to appear, there will be pressure on manufacturers to improve their performance.
