Wind power managing owners — are responsible for the operation and maintenance and administration of wind farms which they develop or acquire. All or part of these responsibilities may be subcontracted to third parties. Over the past few years the global trend is toward… … Wikipedia
Wind power — Wind power: worldwide installed capacity [1] … Wikipedia
Wind power in Spain — Spain is one of the three world’s largest users of wind power with an installed capacity of 15,515 MW at January 2008.cite web | url=http://www.energias renovables.com/paginas/Contenidosecciones.asp?ID=14 Cod=12262 Tipo= Nombre=Noticias |… … Wikipedia
Wind power forecasting — A wind power forecast corresponds to an estimate of the expected production of one or more wind turbines (referred to as a wind farm) in the near future. By production is often meant available power for wind farm considered (with units kW or MW… … Wikipedia
Environmental impact of wind power — Livestock ignore wind turbines,[1] and continue to graze as they did before wind turbines were installed. Compared to the environmental impact of traditional energy sources, the environmental impact of wind power is relatively minor. Wind power… … Wikipedia
Offshore wind power — View of Lillgrund Wind Farm, Sweden Offshore wind power refers to the construction of wind farms in bodies of water to generate electricity from wind. Better wind speeds are available offshore compared to on land, so offshore wind power’s… … Wikipedia
Wind-powered vehicle — Wind powered vehicles have traditionally been associated with seafaring vehicles that, until the advent of steam engines, relied primarily upon winds which were used to drive the sails of such vehicles to their destinations. In the Western world … Wikipedia
Wind'It — is a wind power implantation concept, developed by the French design office Elioth with the architects team Encore Heureux. Principle Wind It s principle is simple : using electricity pylons to host wind turbines. Those wind turbines would be… … Wikipedia
Wind farm — Royd Moor Wind Farm in England … Wikipedia
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium