The development of the national wind power industry in Ukraine faces a number of problems because of the lack of sufficient information on the peculiarities of the operating modes of wind farms under real-life conditions. This applies to wind load indices in different regions, estimates of the performance of wind power plants with different types of wind turbines. One of the important characteristics of the potential capabilities of a wind power plant in the grid is the time and rate of utilization of installed capacity (installed capacity utilization factor -ICUF), which are widely used in the design of power plants. The paper presents the results of calculating the characteristics of the production potential of wind power plants with generators of different types and capacities, which are defined in terms of time and coefficient of utilization of the installed capacity. It is shown that such characteristics of the wind power station uniquely characterize the efficiency of the application of a specific wind generator in real conditions for use in design calculations.Keywords: wind turbine; wind station; time of use of installed capacity; coefficient of utilization of installed capacity. Definition of a scientific problemThe current state of the world renewable energy is characterized by high dynamics of development. Significant features of this are many confirmed facts. In recent years, increased participation of renewable sources in the balance of electricity generation in the world's electricity systems continues. [1]. On 21 04 2017 a national energy company in the UK said that it can confirm that for the past 24 hours it supplied GB's electricity demand without the need for coal generation [2]. It happened for the first time since 1880. A similar situation occurs periodically in other countries. The State Energy Operator of the People's Republic of China said that according to the results of 2016, an indicator of 150 GW of power at wind farms was reached [3]. In addition, it should be noted the results of research on the prospects for the development of renewable energy in 139 countries [4] on the model of the world's energy, proving the possibility to transition to exclusively renewable energy sources by 2050. The above facts confirm once again that alternative renewable power, in particular wind energy, loses its alternating nature and becomes an important basic component of world electricity generation at the level of coal, atomic and oil and gas energy.Wind and generally renewable energy in Ukraine is developing at a different pace, which is primarily due to the effects of crisis phenomena. In 2016, the installed capacity of Ukrainian wind farms amounted to 525 MW in the production of 925 thousand MWh and the share of 49 % of the capacity of alternative and renewable sources [5]. The need for wind energy development in Ukraine is determined by the need to reduce the dependence on traditional types of fuel and its imports, reducing harmful emissions into the atmosphere, which can be solved by the ...

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