Glossary
Use this facility to get educated on various terms and definitions associated with wind technology and industry.
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A >Active power
Air Density
Anemometer
Annual Average Wind Speed
Array Efficiency
Availability Factor
Availability factor
B >Balance of Plant (BOP)
Base
Blade
Bus Bar Cost
C >Capacity (gross)
Capacity Factor
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
CDM (Clean development Mechanism)
Climate change
Control Panel
Coriolis Force
D >Distributed generation
Drive Train
E >Electrical Power Network
Electricity Generation
Environmental conditions
Extreme/survival Wind speed
F >Feed-in Tariff
Frequency Distribution
G >Gear Box
Generator
Geostrophic Wind
H >Horizontal Axis wind Turbine
Hub
I >Installation
L >Large Area Wind Mapping
Levelised Annual Cost
LIDAR
M >Machine Availability
Maximum Power
Mean Wind Speed
Mechanical brake Disc
N >Nacelle
Normal Shutdown
O >Operating Limits
Operation & Maintenance Cost
P >P50, P75 & P90
PLF
Power Curve
Power Law Index
Power Rating
Probability of Exceedence
Protection System
R >Rated Wind Speed
Reference Wind Speed (Vref)
Renewable Energy Certificate
Renewable Portfolio Obligation
Rotor
Rotor Speed
S >Satellite Remote Sensing
Shaft
Shape Parameter
SODAR
Speed-up
Standard Deviation
Surface Roughness
Swept Area
T >Turbulence Intensity
V >VAWT
W >Weibull Distribution
Wind Power Density
Wind Speed
Wind Turbine Tower
Wind Velocity
Windfarm
Y >Yaw Misalignment
Yawing