The Other Mike wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 05:16:33 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Its the gusting they seem not to be able to cope with. its amazing how a
thing so simple is hard to optimise for the real conditions.

The optimum conditions for all wind turbines seems be a windspeed of
between 9.999 and 10.001mph... at the period of lowest system demand.


actually they run fairly well at medium high windspeeds - generally in
the 25-50mph range.

Gusts should NOT be a problem as there is inertia in them - it strains
the gear boxes if they have them, yes.

But sustained high winds are..