Distributed Generation and Renewables: Wind Farm Case Study

Published By Leonardo ENERGY

• By Ton van de Wekken
• Published October 2007
• 20 Page(s)

Nowadays, most European governments are well aware of the potential of wind energy. From 1980 to 2000, the awareness of wind energy was mainly concentrated in Denmark and Germany where a large number of wind turbines were manufactured and installed. Germany still leads in terms of annually installed capacity with Spain close behind. Over the last 5 to 10 years many European governments have developed policies to promote renewable energy sources, including wind energy. Prominent examples are the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Eastern European countries where wind energy is already installed or incentives are defined to boost the increase of renewables.