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Algorithms to Harvest the Wind.

The article examines wind-generated electricity and algorithms that are being proposed by researchers to reorient turbines to improve their output. Topics discussed include how as of 2018 wind energy made up 6.6% of utility-scale electricity generation, the overall tendency to build higher and bigge...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 13 - 15
Main Author: Monroe, Don
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Mar2020
Subjects:
Wind power research
Algorithms
Renewable energy sources
Fleming, Paul
Wind power plants
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article examines wind-generated electricity and algorithms that are being proposed by researchers to reorient turbines to improve their output. Topics discussed include how as of 2018 wind energy made up 6.6% of utility-scale electricity generation, the overall tendency to build higher and bigger turbines and the work of Paul Fleming, who worked to develop tools with colleagues at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Labs (NREL).