Wind energy

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Wind energy
Scale

• On which scale levels do windmills occur and what
  is the impact of that?

Made by René van Dorp Aike Potze
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How big are windmills and how are they
influencing the environment?

• Windmills are becoming larger.
• A gondola of 80-120 metres high and blades of
  45-60 metres long
• 2 problems for birds and bats
• Fly against the wicks
• Trying to fly around the windmills
• Stop breeding nearby a windmill

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How big are windmills and how are they
influencing the environment?

• Rotating blades-gt Annoying sound
• Noise standard of 47 dB
• Risk of fatal accidents
• Degrading components
• Falling ice off the blades
• Annoying cast shadow

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Hoe groot zijn windmolenparken?
Legend
More than 50 MW
Between 10MW and 50 MW
Between 1MW and 10 MW
Smaller than 1MW
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How big are windmillparks?

• Largest windmillpark in the world
• In front of the coast of England
• Over 100 windmills
• 370 MW
• 300.000 households
• 35 km²

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What are good locations to place windmills?

• Flat surface or in water
• Few birds and buildings
• In The Netherlands along the coast or in / near
  water surfaces
• In The Netherlands are no mountains
• In other countries often on mountains or along
  the coast

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Where are windmills located and how many
windmills are located there?

• The Netherlands
• Mostly in or around the water
• Coastal regions
• 1900 big windmills
• 2000MW
• 580 windmills located in Flevoland
• 325 windmills located in Friesland and
  NoordHolland

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Where are windmills located and how many
windmills are located there?

• Other countries
• Countries with long coastlines or big landmasses
• China is a good example of this
• Long coastline, big landmass
• Big goals ? explosive growth
• One of the biggest producents of windmills in the
  world
• 2015 100 GW

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Where are windmills located and how many
windmills are located there?

• European Union
• Windmills located in the sea
• 2,4GW
• 100 GW under development
• 2030 150 GW

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