The purpose of this study was to increase the level of knowledge in the field of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Wind power. The study includes six Wind power farms in the County of Västerbotten in northern Sweden. The main questions were: What are the real dimensions of roadways and land claims for both roads and Wind power turbines? How do those dimensions correlate with the dimensions stated in the EIA? Are there any differences in values of the dimensions between the Wind power farms that are included in this study? The width of the roadways and the land claims for both roads and wind turbines in Wind power farms were examined on site. The results from the examinations were compared with the dimensions available in the EIA for each Wind power farm.

The purpose of this study was to increase the level of knowledge in the field of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Wind power. The study includes six Wind power farms in the County of Västerbotten in northern Sweden. The main questions were: What are the real dimensions of roadways and land claims for both roads and Wind power turbines? How do those dimensions correlate with the dimensions stated in the EIA? Are there any differences in values of the dimensions between the Wind power farms that are included in this study? The width of the roadways and the land claims for both roads and wind turbines in Wind power farms were examined on site. The results from the examinations were compared with the dimensions available in the EIA for each Wind power farm.

Wind power is expanding rapidly in Sweden. Increasing amounts of Wind power sets higher requirements on balancing power and grid expansions and would affect the whole Swedish electricity system. The aim of this report is to examine the factors affecting the Wind power expansion in Sweden. How many Wind power plants projects will obtain building permissions and what costs and revenues can be expected? How much balancing power will be required and does a changing geographical distribution of the Wind power plants reduce the need of balancing power?A survey of the county board?s official applications has been made and out of all the applications, corresponding to 80 TWh produced per year, about half of the applications are expected to obtain a permit with a major portion of them located in the north of Sweden.Especially older Wind power plants, deriving revenue from Nord pool, find themselves today in a complicated financial situation.

The interest for Wind power has increased in Sweden. Northern Sweden is especially interesting due to that a new wind resource map shows that there are areas in northern Sweden that have more potential for Wind power than what have been known before. Therefore E.ON Vind is interested in finding out if, and where, there are suitable places for establishment of Wind power in northern Sweden. The purpose of this master thesis is therefore to perform an inventory of northern Sweden for suitable places for Wind power. The master thesis is performed at E.ON Vinds office at Vasagatan in Stockholm.

The use of energy is an important question in today´s society, and a substantial part of the energy that is used today is used in our homes. To lower this usage is vital, and there are regulations in place both on the national and the local level, that say that new apartment blocks must be built to consume less energy, which in the end will lower the impact on the climate.One way to make the housing sector more environmentally sustainable, is to produce energy issions that are bad for the environment, for example to build wind turbines close to or even on the buildings, so called urban Wind power. The scope for this report is to see if urban Wind power could be a sustainable alternative for the residential area that Svenska Bostäder plans to build in Albano in Stockholm.There are extensive scientific theories regarding wind and Wind power, and a literature study is made to investigate past knowledge in the area. Efforts have been made to find earlier trials with urban Wind power and, both scientific research and trials where urban Wind power actually has been installed. The theory chapter deals both with the wind itself and how electricity can be generated from wind.

This final thesis contains three major parts, which all have been time demanding:* Designing and construction of a small wind turbine.* Designing and construction of an electrical system.* Thesis with fundamental facts about wind, Wind power and design.The thesis contains basic theory in Wind power and the energy systems it can be combined with. Different types of wind turbines, which components they consists of and important issues to consider when designing is also mentioned. In the end of this report the technique of our wind turbine will be presented. In the end you can also read about our experiences during the time of designing and construction..

The aim of this study about Wind power planning in forest was to examine the factors and restrictions, which represent technical limitations, biodiversity, tourism and amount of energy for wind farms in Kronoberg County. Suitable areas for Wind power were identified from the collected information about planning principles and potential conflicts. From the suitable areas the potential energy gain is calculated. Methods used were mainly a literature review, interviews with experts and practitioners, GIS analysis and a rough calculation of the energy gain. The section of information and facts describes in general Wind power planning and possible conflicts.

The current debate about environment and climate change has contributed to more andmore investment in alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and biogas. The Swedish Parliament has set the target that Wind power should supply 10 TWh in 2015.In Sweden, Wind power establishment began in the early 1980s. Since then the development has gained a tremendous momentum. The purpose of this study was to find out what problems Wind power brings and what power relations that exists in connection with Wind power establishment and how the landscape is affected by windpower construction, focusing on some cases in Falkenberg and Varberg. This study shows that Wind power establishment is a very complicated process.

Wind power is becoming an increasingly important source of energy. There are several national and international goals set to increase to amount of renewable energy, and in order to meet these goals, the Wind power production plays an important part and the establishment of new Wind power farms are required. The Swedish national project Riksintresse Vindbruk has appointed areas in Sweden suitable for Wind power, mainly when looking at the physical wind conditions of the area. In this study, I aim to define suitable areas for Wind power establishment in Norrbottens län. In order to reach this goal, a critical regional method was developed and completed using GIS.

Currently there is a controversial debate about that we must reduce our impact on the global warming; therefore both the Government and the local authorities have invested heavily in developing renewable energy in Sweden. The major development on the Wind power market can be seen as a result of both the technological development and also on the decision that the Government took in 1996, which opened up the Wind power market for private parties.This paper has aimed to examine the types of financial innovations that have arisen from the investments and financing of Wind power on Gotland, and what these innovations can contribute to the future development of Wind power.The problems that this thesis is based on is; what kind of financial innovations have occurred within investment and financing of Wind power? How can these innovations contribute to the continued development of Wind power on Gotland? The conclusion of this study shows that respondents and participants have defined a number of financial innovations that have emerged. Where some of the innovations only can be seen as incremental since they are based on continuous improvements, while others can be seen as radical as they are completely new for the context in which they operate. The study has also shown that Gotland has a great potential to produce more renewable electricity, but the development is dependent on the new power lines being built, in order to export electricity to the mainland..

The purpose of this study is to investigate how much of the estimated annual electric energy production from Swedish Wind power that actually was produced, as well as the history of this agreement over time. The aim is to also examine if there are properties that have caused some group of Wind power plants to produce more or less, compared to their estimated production. Operational data on wind turbines collected by the Swedish Energy Agency was analyzed. A survey was made among owners of Wind power plants with a nominal power of at least 2 MW. Two different methods for normal year correction of production data were used and compared.

With background in the rapidly growing need to find solutions for sustainable energy production and the increasing interest for Wind power, this report was written. With take-off point from the Wind power plant Big Glenn, which has been built in the harbour of Gothenburg, a model of the adjacent power grid has been created in Simulink/SimPowerSystems. Parameters for the power grid and its components has been provided by Göteborg Energi Nät, that has also been the supplier of measurement data of produced power, the power need from loads in the vicinity, voltage levels, current values and also the variation of power factor at the Wind power plant.The SimPowerSystems model has been used to perform simulations of power flow in the grid. These simulated values have then been compared to the measured values to verify the functionality of the model. Further, the model has been used to perform simulations of a grid fault, which causes a voltage drop.

Today?s Wind power plants are only compensated for their reactive power consumption at no-load. As the Wind power plants grow bigger the amount of reactive power they need also increases. This is no longer a problem that can be ignored, especially as the net owners are beginning to charge the reactive power they transport.In this thesis a couple of different methods of compensation and their prices will be discussed and evaluated. Problems, such as self-excitation, that can occur if one fully compensates the Wind power plant will also be brought to surface.

Today?s Wind power plants are only compensated for their reactive power consumption at no-load. As the Wind power plants grow bigger the amount of reactive power they need also increases. This is no longer a problem that can be ignored, especially as the net owners are beginning to charge the reactive power they transport.In this thesis a couple of different methods of compensation and their prices will be discussed and evaluated. Problems, such as self-excitation, that can occur if one fully compensates the Wind power plant will also be brought to surface.

Today?s Wind power plants are only compensated for their reactive power consumption at no-load. As the Wind power plants grow bigger the amount of reactive power they need also increases. This is no longer a problem that can be ignored, especially as the net owners are beginning to charge the reactive power they transport.In this thesis a couple of different methods of compensation and their prices will be discussed and evaluated. Problems, such as self-excitation, that can occur if one fully compensates the Wind power plant will also be brought to surface.