17 Facts About Wind farms

Wind farms farm or wind park, called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity.

Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an extensive area.

Wind farms have been criticised for their visual impact and impact on the landscape.

Some critics claim that wind farms have adverse health effects, but most researchers consider these claims to be pseudoscience .

Wind farms can interfere with radar, although in most cases, according to the US Department of Energy, "siting and other mitigations have resolved conflicts and allowed wind projects to co-exist effectively with radar".

Experimental wind farms consisting of a single wind turbine for testing purposes have been built.

Such wind farms are a group of airborne wind energy systems located close to each other connected to the grid at the same point.

Wind farms consisting of diverse wind turbines have been proposed in order to efficiently use wider ranges of wind speeds.

Such wind farms are proposed to be projected under two criteria: maximization of the energy produced by the farm and minimization of its costs.

Altamont Pass Wind Farm is the largest wind farm in the U S in terms of the number of individual turbines.

Environmental impact of wind farms is minor compared to that of fossil-fueled power plants.

Onshore wind farms can have a significant visual impact and impact on the landscape.

Some wind farms are opposed for potentially spoiling protected scenic areas, archaeological landscapes and heritage sites.

Utility-scale wind farms must have access to transmission lines to transport energy.

Intermittent nature of wind power can pose complications for maintaining a stable power grid when wind farms provide a large percentage of electricity in any one region.

Wind farms can interfere with ground radar systems used for military, weather and air traffic control.

Actual aircraft and weather patterns around wind farms can be accurately detected, as there is no fundamental physical constraint preventing that.