| Abstract from DBPedia | A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an extensive area. Wind farms can be either onshore or offshore. Many of the largest operational onshore wind farms are located in China, India, and the United States. For example, the largest wind farm in the world, Gansu Wind Farm in China had a capacity of over 6,000 MW by 2012, with a goal of 20,000 MW by 2020. As of December 2020, the 1218 MW Hornsea Wind Farm in the UK is the largest offshore wind farm in the world. Individual wind turbine designs continue to increase in power, resulting in fewer turbines being needed for the same total output. Because they require no fuel, wind farms have less impact on the environment than many other forms of power generation and are often referred to as a good source of green energy. Wind farms have, however, been criticised for their visual impact and impact on the landscape. Typically they need to be spread over more land than other power stations and need to be built in wild and rural areas, which can lead to "industrialization of the countryside", habitat loss, and a drop in tourism. Some critics claim that wind farms have adverse health effects, but most researchers consider these claims to be pseudoscience (see wind turbine syndrome). Wind farms can interfere with radar, although in most cases, according to the US Department of Energy, "siting and other mitigations have resolved conflicts and allowed wind projects to co-exist effectively with radar".集合型風力発電所（しゅうごうがたふうりょくはつでんしょ）またはウィンドファーム（wind farm）は、多数の風力タービンを1カ所に設置し発電する施設。大規模なものでは数百平方マイルの広大な敷地に数百の風力タービンが並ぶが、タービンとタービンの間の土地は農耕など他の用途に利用できる。洋上に設置される場合もある。 大規模な陸上の集合型風力発電所は主にアメリカ合衆国にある。2013年現在、陸上で世界最大の集合型風力発電所はカルフォルニア州にあるアルタウインドエナジーセンターで1,320 MWの発電能力がある。それに次いでロスコー風力発電所(781.5 MW)やホースホロー風力エネルギーセンター（735.5MW）がある。2010年11月現在、洋上で世界最大の集合型風力発電所はイギリスの Thanet Offshore Wind Project で、300MWの発電能力があり、それに次ぐのがデンマークの Horns Rev II（209MW）である。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Wind_farm) |
