Wind power plants operate using a turbine and convert mechanical wind energy into electrical energy. In fact, a wind power plant is several turbines assembled in one or more places and combined into a single network.
Wind power plants supplement the main power generation capacity, and are also a source of electricity in remote places where it is difficult to provide electricity supply in other ways.

Equipment

Modern wind turbines are manufactured by leading companies in many countries of the world, among which the market leaders are: Vestas (Denmark), Nordex (Germany) and MingYang (China).

Ecology

The operation of modern wind power plants does not pose any threat to human health and the environment. Wind power generation has many advantages for the environmental situation of the region:

• no organic fuel required;
• no technological emissions;
• low operating costs.

Each kilowatt-hour generated by a turbine prevents the release into the atmosphere of approximately 1 kilogram of harmful substances that are inevitably formed when burning fossil fuels.

Fuel

The only source of "fuel" for a wind power plant is the wind - its speed and direction. A preliminary study of the wind potential of the area is carried out. Anemometers (wind measuring devices) are installed at a height of 60 to 100 meters, and for one to two years they collect information about the speed and direction of the wind. The information obtained is combined into maps of wind energy availability.