Watch... the world's first floating wind farm

Written By وداد السعودي on 2019/03/26

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - The &quot;Hunide&quot; farm was inaugurated, as the first floating wind farm in the world to generate electric power in the waters off the coast of Scotland, which began its work on Wednesday 10/18/2017.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is located about 15 miles (25 km) off Peterhead Beach, Aberdeenshire, a county in Scotland.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The project provides energy to about 20 thousand homes, and the project was developed by the Norwegian energy company Statoil.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The wind farm generates electricity at a cost of about £190 ($250.12) per megawatt hour, or four times the current UK market price.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Floating turbines have been installed on water in the North Sea of ​​about 2.5 square miles (4 square kilometers), where the average wind speed is about 10 meters per second.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>But, what is wind energy?</strong></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span>It is a form of energy, in which turbines convert the kinetic energy of the wind into electrical or mechanical energy, and ancient man used wind energy in windmills, water pumps, and sailing boats.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong><span>Importance of Wind Energy:</span></strong></h3><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></h3><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span>A renewable energy source that is used to generate electricity</span> </li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span>&nbsp;</span> Ships move, although they are powered by engines and fuel, but air must be present in order for the fuel combustion process to take place, in addition to the wind having a prominent role in aviation in saving time and fuel.</li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/content/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9... about the importance of wind here</strong></a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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