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Song flight and 3D thermal detection provide evidence for bat attraction to wind turbines in Central Europe [PDF]

Communications Biology
Fatal interactions with wind turbines are a major threat to bat populations worldwide. Yet, the ultimate causes for bats colliding with wind turbines remain elusive.
Martina Nagy, Klaus Hochradel, Claudia Haushalter, Ralph Simon, Natalie Weber, Oliver Behr, Mirjam Knörnschild   +6 more
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Larger wind turbines as a solution to reduce environmental impacts [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The EU aims for carbon neutrality by 2050, focusing on offshore wind energy. Investments in North Sea wind farms, with optimal wind resources, play a crucial role.
Naveed Akhtar, Beate Geyer, Corinna Schrum   +2 more
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The Long-Term Impact of Wind Power Generation on a Local Community: Economics Analysis of Subjective Well-Being Data in Chōshi City

Energies, 2021
In this study, we analyzed the external effects of wind turbines, which are often considered detrimental to the promotion of wind power generation. Understanding these externalities is essential to reaching a consensus with residents who live near the ...
Yushi Kunugi, Toshi H. Arimura, Miwa Nakai   +2 more
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Condition monitoring of wind turbines based on analysis of temperature-related parameters in supervisory control and data acquisition data

Measurement + Control, 2020
In order to conduct a further in-depth exploration of the role of temperature-related parameters in the condition monitoring of wind turbines, this paper proposes a method to assess the condition of wind turbines by analyzing the supervisory control and ...
Xian Wang, Qiancheng Zhao, Xuebing Yang, Bing Zeng   +3 more
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Extracting Feature Information and its Visualization Based on the Characteristic Defect Octave Frequencies in a Rolling Element Bearing

Data Science Journal, 2007
Monitoring the condition of rolling element bearings and defect diagnosis has received considerable attention for many years because the majority of problems in rotating machines are caused by defective bearings.
Jianyu Lei, Mingfu Liao
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Optimization of periodic maintenance for wind turbines based on stochastic degradation model [PDF]

Archives of Electrical Engineering, 2021
The degradation process of wind turbines is greatly affected by external factors. Wind turbine maintenance costs are high. The regular maintenance of wind turbines can easily lead to over and insufficient maintenance.
Hongsheng Su, Xuping Duan, Dantong Wang
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Wind direction estimation using SCADA data with consensus-based optimization [PDF]

Wind Energy Science, 2019
Wind turbines in a wind farm typically operate individually to maximize their own performance and do not take into account information from nearby turbines.
J. Annoni, C. Bay, C. Bay, C. Bay, K. Johnson, K. Johnson, E. Dall'Anese, E. Quon, T. Kemper, P. Fleming   +9 more
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Foundations for offshore wind turbines

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2003
An important engineering challenge of today, and a vital one for the future, is to develop and harvest alternative sources of energy. This is a firm priority in the UK, with the government setting a target of 10% of electricity from renewable sources by 2010.
Byrne, B, Houlsby, G
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Numerical simulation of nautilus equiangular spiral wind turbine and analysis of building turbulence

Journal of Hebei University of Science and Technology, 2020
In order to improve the overall performance of wind turbines and solve the problem that the wind turbine is affected by the building in actual operation, the simulation analysis software Fluent was used to study the aerodynamic performance of the new ...
Zheng LI, Liyuan CHENG, Menghai GAO, Wenda ZHANG   +3 more
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Virtual Inertia Coordinated Allocation Method Considering Inertia Demand and Wind Turbine Inertia Response Capability

Energies, 2021
Wind turbines can have inertia characteristics similar to synchronous generators through virtual inertia control, which helps to provide the inertia support for the system.
Bo Xu, Linwei Zhang, Yin Yao, Xiangdong Yu, Yixin Yang, Dongdong Li   +5 more
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