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of interconnection with the electric power grid. In the case of interconnection with the <br />high voltage transmission systems the point of interconnection shall be the substation <br />serving the WECS. <br />Ground mounted WECS. f=reestanding WECS mounted to the ground with footings or <br />other apparatus. <br />Large WECS. A WECS of equal to or greater than 100 I<W in total nameplate generating <br />capacity. The energy must be used on-site with excess energy distributed into the <br />electrical grid. Large WECS are limited to one -hundred twenty five (125) feet in height. <br />Property Line. The boundary line of the area over which the entity applying for WECS <br />permit has legal control for the purposes of installation of a WECS. This control may be <br />attained through fee title ownership, easement, or other appropriate contractual <br />relationship between the project developer and landowner. <br />Roof Mounted WECS. A WECS utilizing a turbine mounted to the roof of a structure <br />Significant Tree. Any tree defined as a Significant Tree in the city's tree preservation <br />ordinance. <br />Small WECS. A WECS of less than 100kW in total nameplate generating capacity. The <br />energy must be used on-site with excess energy distributed into the electrical grid. <br />Small WECS are limited to sixty (60) feet in height. <br />Tower. Vertical structures that support the electrical generator, rotor, and blades, or the <br />meteorological equipment. <br />Tower Height. The total height of the WECS, including tower, rotor, and blade to its <br />highest point of travel. <br />Turbine Cut -In Speed. The lowest wind speed at which turbines generate power to the <br />utility system. <br />Wind Energy. Kinetic energy present in wind motion that can be converted into electrical <br />energy. <br />WECS. A Wind Energy Conversion System which is an electrical generating facility <br />comprised of one or more wind turbines and accessory facilities, including but not limited <br />to, power lines, transformers, substations and metrological towers that operate by <br />converting the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. The energy must be used on- <br />site with excess energy distributed into the electrical grid. <br />Wind Energy System. An electrical generating facility that consists of a wind turbine <br />associated controls and may include a tower. <br />Wind Turbine. A wind turbine is any piece of electrical generating equipment that <br />converts the kinetic energy of blowing wind into electrical energy through the use of <br />airfoils or similar devices to capture the wind. <br />