In 2014, wind generation accounted for 18.2 % of electricity generated and as such was the second largest source of electricity generation after natural gas.
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The wind generation industry says modern turbines are no louder than refrigerators when heard from the distance that most turbines are placed from populated areas.
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More information on the functions of EirGrid, along with graphs of electricity demand / wind generation output updated every 15 minutes, are available on its website.
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In 2009 nearly half of wind generation capacity was embedded generation, but this is expected to reduce in future years as larger wind farms are built.
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In 2008 the then BWEA was found by the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) to have overstated the carbon dioxide emissions displaced by wind generation.
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Taking advantage of the heavy prevailing winds from the west, the turbine is the first application of on-site wind generation for a North American transit system.
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Fluctuations in load and allowance for failure of large fossil-fuel generating units requires operating reserve capacity, which can be increased to compensate for variability of wind generation.
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Onshore wind generation should instead grow by 6.3GW net per year ( 2.8GW is specified ) and photovoltaics by 15GW p ( 2.5GW p is specified ).
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The Southland District Council has partnered with Meridian Energy to develop renewable energy sources for the island, and experiments with photovoltaic and wind generation are in progress.
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It is a basic concept, the wind penetration which allows one to describe the share of wind generation in the electricity mix of a given power system.
