wind turbine
Rotating power source
A wind turbine is a machine that converts wind energy into electricity.
Large turbines with spinning blades now populate landscapes and coastlines as part of renewable energy infrastructure: The offshore wind turbines can power thousands of homes.
Smaller turbines serve individual buildings or remote locations.
Flat cutting edge
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
- nacelleAircraft engine housing
- towerTall slender edifice
- hubCentral connection point
yaw · pitch · gearbox · shaft · bearing · spin · rotation · torque
Energy from charged particles
- megawattsMillion-watt units
- kilowattsThousand-watt units
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- outputWhat something generates
power plant · grid · transmission · alternator · generator · rotor · stator · nacelle
Capable of restoration
- greenColor of vegetation
- cleanFree of soil
- low-carbonMinimal CO2 output
- carbon-neutralNet-zero emissions state
decarbonization · net-zero · environmental · alternative energy · Paris Agreement · energy transition · green energy · clean power
Physics of air motion
- designPurposeful creative planning
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- airfoilLift-generating curved surface
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
drag · control system · sensors · anemometer · fatigue · composite · fiberglass · carbon fiber
State of being periodic
- variabilityTendency to change
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- gustBrief wind surge
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
terrain · altitude · coastal · bird strike · noise · flicker
blade
Flat cutting edge
hub · yaw · pitch · gearbox · shaft · bearing · spin · rotation · torque · axis
electricity
Energy from charged particles
output · power plant · grid · transmission · alternator · generator · rotor · stator · nacelle · gearbox
renewable
Capable of restoration
- greenColor of vegetation
- cleanFree of soil
- low-carbonMinimal CO2 output
carbon-neutral · decarbonization · net-zero · environmental · alternative energy · Paris Agreement · energy transition · green energy · clean power · eco-friendly
aerodynamics
Physics of air motion
- designPurposeful creative planning
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- airfoilLift-generating curved surface
lift · drag · control system · sensors · anemometer · fatigue · composite · fiberglass · carbon fiber · structural
intermittency
State of being periodic
- variabilityTendency to change
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- gustBrief wind surge
meteorology · terrain · altitude · coastal · bird strike · noise · flicker
- clean energysolar power, solar, solar panels, renewables, hydropower
- green energysolar power, renewables, solar farm, solar panel, hydropower
- energy systemspower plant, electricity, power grid, generators, solar power
- wind-poweredsailboat, kite, sail, sailing ship, windpump
- building technologysmart building, green building, prefab construction, steel frame, reinforced concrete
- electric equipmentsolar panel, electric generator, electric chainsaw, electric mower, electric trimmer
wind turbinecoal plant
Electricity station burning fossil fuel
nuclear reactor · natural gas plant · diesel generator · natural gas generator · oil refinery
wind turbineoil refinery
Petroleum processing facility
smokestack · oil rig · coal mine · diesel generator · incinerator
wind, windy, winding, winds, winded, windmill, unwinding, windless, rewind