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Onshore wind

Meaning in energy & renewables, with examples

nounCommon term

In energy & renewables, onshore wind means: Wind power produced by turbines built on land, often on hills, plains or coastal areas. It is usually cheaper and quicker to build than offshore wind.

In Turkish: karasal rüzgar, kara üstü rüzgar enerjisi

How it is used

Used to separate land-based projects from offshore ones: onshore wind farms, onshore wind capacity, onshore turbines. Typical issues are permits, land use, noise, visual impact and access roads for transporting the blades.

Example sentences

  1. Onshore wind remains one of the cheapest sources of new electricity.

  2. Transporting 80-metre blades to onshore wind sites in the mountains takes careful planning.

Common collocations

  • onshore wind farm
  • onshore wind capacity
  • onshore turbines
  • onshore wind project
  • offshore windWind power produced by turbines built at sea, either fixed to the seabed or on floating platforms, where winds are stronger and steadier than on land.
  • wind farmA group of wind turbines built in the same area and connected together, feeding their electricity into the grid through a shared substation.
  • wind turbineA tall machine with large blades that turn in the wind and drive a generator to produce electricity. Modern turbines often stand on towers more than 100 metres high.
  • rotor bladeOne of the long, curved arms, usually three, fixed to the hub of a wind turbine. Its shape lets the wind turn the rotor, which drives the generator.

More terms: Wind Energy

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