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The transmission and distribution grid system within the United States loses approximately 7.2% of the energy to resistance. Given 500,000 MW of energy available on the U.S. grid system, up to 36,000 MW may be lost, representing nearly 3x the installed capacity of wind in the country. If wind facilities are built far from load centers and the energy delivered via an extensive transmission network, it's reasonable to ask how much of this energy actually reaches its destination.

[ Germany ]

World largest wind turbine (6 MW)

[ New Hampshire ]

Skystream 3.7 wind turbine

Skystream 3.7 wind turbine

How Wind Turbines Work

[ General | Germany | UK ]

Off-shore 5M Wind Turbine

Floating Wind Turbines Concept

Underwater Turbine

RE Power's 5.0 megawatt wind turbine

[ USA ]

Three Different Designs for Floating Wind Turbines

New GE Wind Turbine-Scale

[ General ]

Wind Turbine Size (5)

[ Illinois ]

Wind Turbine In Transit

Turbine Turbine Size (4)

Wind Turbine Size (1) vs Boeing 747

Vesta 100 meter Turbine

[ Denmark ]

Vestas 1.5-MW model, Tjaereborg test site, western Denmark

Repower 5-MW model prototype

[ Europe ]

GE 3.6 MW Model Barrax, Spain

[ West Virginia ]

Work on wind utility site starting this week

Posted by: Lisa on August 12, 2009 11:26:13 PM

Big machines have been rolling up to Allegheny Mountain for days. Site development work on Virginia's first industrial wind energy plant is expected to start this week. Passersby report heavy equipment has been parked near the entrance to Red Oak Knob, and blasting heard over the last couple of days. A skidder moved in after dark a few days ago, and trees are being cut near one of the turbine sites; one truck full of logs has already headed out with its load.

Note : http://www.therecorderonline.com/news/2009/0813/news/002.5.html