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    Types

    The three primary types: VAWT Savonius, HAWT towered;


    VAWT Darrieus as they appear in operation
    Wind turbines can rotate about either a horizontal or a vertical axis, the former being both older and more common. [37] They can also
    include blades or be bladeless.[38] Household-size vertical designs produce less power and are less common.[39]

    Horizontal axis

    Components of a horizontal axis wind turbine (gearbox, rotor

    shaft and brake assembly) being lifted into position


    The rotor of a gearless wind turbine being set. This particular turbine was prefabricated in

    Germany, before being shipped to the U.S. for assembly.


    Offshore Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs) at Scroby Sands Wind Farm, England
    Onshore Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines
    in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
    Large three-bladed horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT) with the blades upwind of the tower (i.e. blades facing the incoming wind)
    produce the overwhelming majority of wind power in the world today.[4] These turbines have the main rotor shaft and electrical
    generator at the top of a tower and must be pointed into the wind. Small turbines are pointed by a simple wind vane, while large
    turbines generally use a wind sensor coupled with a yaw system. Most have a gearbox, which turns the slow rotation of the blades
    into a quicker rotation that is more suitable to drive an electrical generator. [40] Some turbines use a different type of generator suited
    to slower rotational speed input. These don't need a gearbox and are called direct-drive, meaning they couple the rotor directly to
    the generator with no gearbox in between. While permanent magnet direct-drive generators can be more costly due to the rare earth
    materials required, these gearless turbines are sometimes preferred over gearbox generators because they "eliminate the gear-
    speed increaser, which is susceptible to significant accumulated fatigue torque loading, related reliability issues, and maintenance
    costs".[41] There is also the pseudo direct drive mechanism, which has some advantages over the permanent magnet direct drive
    mechanism.[42]

    Most horizontal axis turbines have their rotors upwind of the supporting tower. [43] Downwind machines have been built, because they
    don't need an additional mechanism for keeping them in line with the wind. In high winds, downwind blades can also be designed to
    bend more than upwind ones, which reduces their swept area and thus their wind resistance, mitigating risk during gales. Despite
    these advantages, upwind designs are preferred, because the pulsing change in loading from the wind as each blade passes behind
    the supporting tower can cause damage to the turbine.[44]

    Turbines used in wind farms for commercial production of electric power are usually three-bladed. These have low torque ripple,
    which contributes to good reliability. The blades are usually colored white for daytime visibility by aircraft and range in length from 20
    to 80 meters (66 to 262 ft). The size and height of turbines increase year by year. Offshore wind turbines are built up to 8 MW today
    and have a blade length up to 80 meters (260 ft). Designs with 10 to 12 MW were in preparation in 2018,[45] and a "15 MW+"
    prototype with three 118-metre (387 ft) blades is planned to be constructed in 2022.[needs update][46] The average hub height of horizontal
    axis wind turbines is 90 meters.[47]

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