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Question: Can wind turbines be used economically in inland areas?

....Wind Turbines can be quite economic in inland areas...

Although wind conditions near seashores tend to be ideal for wind projects, it is indeed possible to find highly economic inland areas for wind turbines.

As the wind passes over a hill, or through a mountain pass, it becomes compressed and speeds up significantly. Rounded hilltops with a wide view in the prevailing wind directions are therefore ideal as wind turbine sites.

Tall wind turbine towers is a way of increasing the energy yield of a wind turbine, since wind speed usually increases significantly with height above ground level.

In low wind areas, manufacturers may be able to supply special wind turbine versions with large rotors compared to the size of the electrical generator.

Such machines will reach peak production at relatively low wind speeds, although they will waste some of the energy potential of high winds. Manufacturers are increasingly optimising their machines to local wind conditions worldwide.

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