One key point is that a large number of turbine designs either feather the blades or turn the blades parallel to the wind so that the braking or loading mechanism does not have to deal with constantly increasing energy with wind speed. Not all wind turbines have a brake or positive rotation lock.
If the bank of resistors gets too hot, you can just throw a short circuit on the leads instead. But that leaves all of the energy dissipation inside the generator windings.
If the bank of resistors gets too hot, you can just throw a short circuit on the leads instead. But that leaves all of the energy dissipation inside the generator windings.
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