WIND TURBINES EOLIAN PARK
Une éolienne est un dispositif qui transforme l'énergie cinétique du vent en énergie mécanique, qui est le plus souvent transformée en énergie électrique. Les éoliennes produisant de l'électricité sont appelées aérogénérateurs, tandis que les éoliennes qui pompent directement de l'eau sont parfois dénommées éoliennes de pompage, dont un type particulier est l'éolienne Bollée. Ernest Sylvain Bollée a utilisé ce mot «éolienne» pour la première fois (1885) comme nom commun et non plus comme un adjectif (énergie éolienne). Le mot se retrouve dans le Larousse quelques années plus tard en 1907.
Les termes de parc éolien ou de ferme éolienne sont utilisés pour décrire les unités de production groupées (installées à terre ou en mer).
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A wind turbine is a popular name for a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into electrical power. Technically there is no turbine used in the design but the term appears to have migrated from parallel hydroelectric technology. The correct description for this type of machine would be aerofoil-powered generator.
The result of over a millennium of windmill development and modern engineering, today's wind turbines are manufactured in a wide range of vertical and horizontal axis types. The smallest turbines are used for applications such as battery charging for auxiliary power for boats or caravans or to power traffic warning signs. Slightly larger turbines can be used for making contributions to a domestic power supply while selling unused power back to the utility supplier via the electrical grid. Arrays of large turbines, known as wind farms, are becoming an increasingly important source of renewable energy and are used by many countries as part of a strategy to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
Les termes de parc éolien ou de ferme éolienne sont utilisés pour décrire les unités de production groupées (installées à terre ou en mer).
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A wind turbine is a popular name for a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into electrical power. Technically there is no turbine used in the design but the term appears to have migrated from parallel hydroelectric technology. The correct description for this type of machine would be aerofoil-powered generator.
The result of over a millennium of windmill development and modern engineering, today's wind turbines are manufactured in a wide range of vertical and horizontal axis types. The smallest turbines are used for applications such as battery charging for auxiliary power for boats or caravans or to power traffic warning signs. Slightly larger turbines can be used for making contributions to a domestic power supply while selling unused power back to the utility supplier via the electrical grid. Arrays of large turbines, known as wind farms, are becoming an increasingly important source of renewable energy and are used by many countries as part of a strategy to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.