Various Wind Resources
- Integration
of Wind Turbines into the Orcas Island Electric Distribution System.
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=674963
This jointly funded project, completed
in July 1998, consisted of subcontracts to Oak Ridge National Laboratory and
the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The purpose of this project was to
collect, process and analyze two years of hourly wind data from a suitable wind
site on Orcas Island, WA; gather minute-to-minute wind data during high resolution
periods of interest: analyze potential operational impacts of a MW-scale wind
farm on an Orcas Power & Light Company electric power distribution circuit
on Orcas Island; prepare and present a technical paper entitled, Integrating
Wind Turbines into the Orcas Island Distribution System: Study Results,
at the American Wind Energy Association Windpower 98 Conference in Bakersfield,
CA, (co-author: B. Parsons), in April 1998.
- General Electric's system for regulating "irregular" output from
a wind turbine. http://www.gepower.com/businesses/ge_wind_energy/en/technology/var.htm
Likely to be an OPALCO concern when considering connecting a large wind turbine
to our local utility "grid".
- A Wind Project development groups
http://cascadecommunitywind.com
http://www.coramenergy.com/index.htm
- A few Used/Refurbished Turbine Brokers:
http://www.windbrokers.com
used turbines in europe
http://www.halus.com/
used in California / Vestas.
http://www.windturbinewarehouse.com
refurbished 225 Vestas.
- A Homebuilt 5Kw Turbine Plan:
http://www.prairieturbines.com
further discussion on the Breezy turbine:
http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2005/10/24/212159/94
In case you want an alternative to a large scale collective project,
this turbine has an amazing output for the dollars invested.
A half dozen folks could get together, purchase parts in bulk,
then set up an ongoing workshop to mini mass produce several turbines?
Posted 5/18/06
andrew moore / orcas is.
marinest@marinestove.com