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Effective Earthing Wind Turbine Generators – The Dichotomy

The Dichotomy…

The wind turbine earthing system design calls for the Effective Earthing of Wind Turbine Generators, there begins the dichotomy…

Wind turbines generators, WTGs, often installed in electrically ‘difficult’ areas. Also, selecting the locations primarily for their airflows. Therefore, the location may appear good from a civils or planning perspective. However, very often quite remote from the energy networks. Positioned on high resistivity rocky ground, e.g. hills.  Therefore, in these circumstances, ensuring that the wind turbine earthing design performs effectively is critical to protecting life. Additionally, it can be limiting when considering the types of earthing available for WTGs.

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Innovative Electrical Earthing Design Saves £Thousands on Small PV Project

In situations where networks are fairly simple and fault levels are low.  For example in most embedded utility scale Solar (PV). Earthing/grounding can have a significant impact on the cost to build (and connect) a successful renewable generation scheme.  A key part of the build cost is down to the raw materials, of which a significant part is the cost of copper.  Used for the control of surface voltages as part of a Safe Electrical Earthing Design. [Read more…] about Innovative Electrical Earthing Design Saves £Thousands on Small PV Project