1.
T.R.
EGE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
WIND ENERGY
Course:
KME 429
Potential Sources of Energy
Submitted to:
Prof. Dr. Ferhan ATALAY
Prepared by
Ercüment SÖNMEZ
05‐01‐4340
Bornova, İZMİR
2006

2.
S U M M A R Y
This report prepared as a partial fulfillment of the requirement of KME 429 the
Potential Sources of Energy Course.
In this report, you will find information about definition of wind and introduction
to wind power, global benefits and advantages of wind energy and also why we need for
clean energy is global.
It contains the history of wind energy, modern wind turbines and wind power. The
most important topics in this report are global wind energy, situations in Europe and
Turkey.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY I
1.0‐ Wind 1
2.0‐ Wind Energy 7
3.0‐ GLOBAL BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES OF WIND ENERGY 8
3.1‐THE NEED FOR CLEAN ENERGY IS GLOBAL 8
4.0‐ History of Wind Energy 9
5.0‐ Modern Wind Turbines 10
5.1‐ Types of Wind Turbines 10
5.2‐ Modern Wind Turbine System Components 11
5.2.1‐ Tower 12
5.2.2‐ Nacelle 12
5.2.3‐ Rotor 14
6.0‐ Foundation of a Wind Turbine 15
7.0‐ How does a wind turbine work? 17
8.0‐ Wind Power 18
9.0‐ Global Wind Energy 24
10.0‐ Wind Energy in Europe 26
11.0‐ Wind Energy in Turkey 28
REFERENCES 31