Wind energy
Across
- 1. load hours, average annual production divided by the rated power
- 5. the rotation of a horizontal-axis
- 7. Curve, a graph showing the force applied by the wind
- 9. Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
- 11. the moving part of the alternator
- 12. Power Class, rating system from 1 to 7, on the quality of the wind resource of an area
- 14. Vane, a device used to measure wind and direction
- 15. a device for converting the flow of air
Down
- 1. floating offshore wind turbine
- 2. 1,000 megawatts
- 3. 1,000 kilowatts (1 million watts)
- 4. width of the blade
- 6. visible spinning parts
- 8. changing the pitch angle to turn the blades parallel
- 10. cross-section of turbine blades
- 13. wind speed, the maximum wind speed that a turbine can withstand