• DocumentCode
    245747
  • Title

    Contemporary wind generators

  • Author

    Akuru, U.B. ; Kamper, Maarten J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    19-20 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    It is believed that wind energy is growing at a very rapid rate, especially in the last few years. When compared with other sources of renewable energy in the energy portfolio, it becomes evident that the bulk is wind energy-based. However, there are some backlogs to full manifestation of this technology ranging from initial high cost to performance and reliability issues, among others. But in spite of these bottlenecks, new research trends have been assertive in seeking out a sustainable solution for harnessing wind energy for power generation - especially in the design and construction of wind generators. In order to motivate and prime a sustainable energy mix among stakeholders, this paper is a shot at appraising the theory of these innovative wind generators towards ecological sustainability, economy, efficiency, and employment creation.
  • Keywords
    wind power plants; contemporary wind generators; ecological sustainability; employment creation; energy portfolio; innovative wind generators; power generation; reliability; renewable energy; sustainable energy; wind energy; Generators; Rotors; Torque; Wind energy; Wind power generation; Wind turbines; Windings;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy (ICUE), 2014 International Conference on the
  • Conference_Location
    Cape Town
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-9922-0416-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICUE.2014.6904205
  • Filename
    6904205