Title :
Wind Power in Paradise
fDate :
3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The paper discusses how an international team of engineers brought wind power to the Galapagos Islands. The san cristobal system is a wind-diesel hybrid. The electricity generated by the wind turbines and by three diesel generators converges at the substation before being transmitted to town.
Keywords :
diesel-electric power stations; hybrid power systems; wind power plants; diesel power stations; hybrid power systems; wind power plants; wind turbines; Cities and towns; Energy conversion; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Substations; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2008.4457851
