The workings of a wind turbine are much different, except that instead of using a fossil fuel heat to boil water and generate steam, the wind is used to directly spin the turbine blades to get the generator turning and to get electricity produced.
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However, it has been demonstrated that wind turbines can meet our energy needs even without wind through a combination of energy storage, grid integration, low wind technology, hybrid systems, and predictive analytics.
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These cover various use-cases and scales of projects to provide real-world examples to assist other cooperatives and rural utilities who are considering distributed wind as a resource, either on its own or in combination with other distributed energy resources.
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While the tower is a heavy-duty, tubular steel support, the blades consist of E-glass fiberglass mixed with a binding polymer. The composite is lightweight yet strong, allowing the blade to spin with less wind force and reducing stress on the tower.
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