Wind Farms-Overview

A wind farm (often called a wind park) is a group of wind turbines that are located together. The purpose of wind farms is to generate large amounts of electrical power. As energy costs have continued to rise, the search for renewable energy has intensified. As a result, there are now thousands of wind farms in many countries around the world. A super grid of interconnected wind farms has been proposed across Western Europe.
As wind farms, the groups of wind turbines are connected to the local power system, and are used for the production of electric power. Generally, wind farms are expected to consist of at least three wind turbines, with larger farms consisting of about 100 wind turbines. The larger wind farms can cover an extended land area of hundreds of square miles, with the land between the turbines generally used for agriculture. As such, wind parks are usually located in rural areas. A wind farm can also be located off-shore, to take advantage of prevailing strong ocean breezes.

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