Wind Turbine Parts and Functions | Electrical Academia

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• major parts are the tower, rotor, nacelle, generator, and foundation or base

• Foundation

• under the ground

• onshore turbines

• cannot be seen

• covered by soil

• large and heavy structured block of concrete

• hold the whole turbine and the forces that affect it

• offshore turbines

• under the water and cannot be seen

• Tower

• round tubular steel of a diameter of 3–4 m

• height of 75–110 m

• depending on the size of the turbine and its location

• has the same height as the diameter of the circle its blades make when rotating

• Rotor

• rotating part of a turbine

• (mostly) three blades

• central part that the blades are attached to, the hub

• Blades are not solid