Wind Industry

A gust of wind energy in Egypt

Wednesday, 14 July 2010 22:14

A gust of wind energy in Egypt

By Christopher Le Coq

Date: May 23, 2010, 2:56 pm

Source: Daily News Egypt

Wind energy is growing leaps and bounds globally, at rate of 31.7 percent since 2001, and wind capacity is doubling every three years. While Africa is having difficulty keeping apace, Egypt seems to be forging full steam ahead.

New Innovations in Wind Turbine Technology

Tuesday, 09 December 2008 00:18

Mohamed Osama

IEEE Senior Member & EGWEA Vice-President

Date: 14 October 2008

Scaling to larger size is the primary approach used to improve the wind turbine cost per kWh.

Advances in generators, gearboxes, blade designs, blade materials and controls allow wind turbines to improve in performance and grow in size. Over the past 20 years, average wind turbine ratings have grown almost linearly, with current commercial machines rated at 1.5 MW.

Wind Turbine Major Components:

1] Wind turbine Rotors:

Existing technology: Carbon fibers have been incorporated into wind turbine blades for some years to provide localized strength.