An overview of wind energy, taking into consideration several imporatn issues, including an analisys of regulatory requirements for the connection of wind generation into the power system

Pollution problems such as greenhouse effect as well as the high value and volatility of fuel prices have forced and accelerated the development and use of renewable energy sources. In this work a complete revision of wind generation is presented. In the first part a brief history of the wind energy...

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Autores:: Gimenez Alvarez, Juan Manuel
Schweickardt, Gustavo Alejandro
Gómez Targarona, Juan Carlos

Tipo de recurso:: Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:: 2012

Institución:: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Repositorio:: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Idioma:: spa

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Summary:	Pollution problems such as greenhouse effect as well as the high value and volatility of fuel prices have forced and accelerated the development and use of renewable energy sources. In this work a complete revision of wind generation is presented. In the first part a brief history of the wind energy developments is detailed. Next, some commentaries related to the present and future state are made. Then, a revision of the modern structures of wind generation is realized. In fourth place it is included a brief comparison between small and big size turbines. Then, different types of energy storage are mentioned. Finally regulatory aspects are discussed, respect to the treatment of the technical problems.

An overview of wind energy, taking into consideration several imporatn issues, including an analisys of regulatory requirements for the connection of wind generation into the power system

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