Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Subject "Wind Energy"
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Long-Term Renewable Energy Generation Planning for Off-grid Remote Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-13)Electricity is widely seen as a flexible energy source that can potentially improve access to services and economic development in remote locations. Worldwide, there are 1.3 billion people without electricity access, out ... -
Long-Term Statistical Analysis and Operational Studies of Wind Generation Penetration in the Ontario Power System
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)Ontario, as the rest of the world, is moving towards a clean energy sector and green economy and to this effect, the Government of Ontario has set a goal of phasing out all coal-fired generation by the end of the year 2014. ... -
Modelling of a Natural-Gas-Based Clean Energy Hub
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-30)The increasing price of fuel and energy, combined with environmental laws and regulations, have led many different energy producers to integrate renewable, clean energy sources with non-renewable ones, forming the idea of ... -
Power Generation and Blade Flow Measurements of a Full Scale Wind Turbine
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-31)Experimental research has been completed using a custom designed and built 4m diameter wind turbine in a university operated wind facility. The primary goals of turbine testing were to determine the power production of the ... -
Quantitative Measurement Techniques for Wind Turbine Blade Aerodynamic Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2017-03-07)The installed capacity of wind turbines has been growing rapidly in recent years, creating an increased need for accurate measurements and models of wind turbine performance to further their development. There is a need ... -
Wind Farms Production: Control and Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-16)Wind energy resources, unlike dispatchable central station generation, produce power dependable on external irregular source and that is the incident wind speed which does not always blow when electricity is needed. This ...