What is Wind Power?
Wind power is now the fastest-growing renewable energy source in the world and is 100 percent pollution free. The wind power used is supplied with New Wind Energy, a product of Community Energy, Inc., and comes from modern wind turbines mounted on tall towers on farmland in upstate New York and Pennsylvania.
Wind power is power which is derived from wind. There are a number of ways to collect and use wind power, and wind power is among the most ancient forms of energy used by humans. Windmills, wind turbines, and sails all utilize wind power to some extent, and these collection methods can be used in a variety of ways. Wind power is considered to be a form of clean energy, since wind is an entirely renewable resource. As of 2008, around one percent of the world’s energy was coming from wind power, with the industry growing by leaps and bounds. One way to use wind power is to harness the power directly. On a sailing ship, for example, the sail is positioned to allow the wind to push the ship along. Windmills have historically used wind power to turn millstones or operate a pump for a well, using the wind energy directly on-site for various needs. These techniques have been in operation for thousands of years. In the case of a wind turbine, the wind turns the turbine and the turning of the t
Wind power is when we covert the power of the wind, physical energy, to more useful types of energy. The most common type of energy it is converted to is electricity. A wind farm is a large area of land on which there are a number of wind turbines generating electricity, as a power plant does. When creating a wind farm one must make sure that the spacing between the turbine is sufficient as not to cause energy/wind loss. HOW DOES IT WORK? The most common type of energy generated from wind is electrical energy. This is by making the use of an electrical generator which is turned by turbine blades which are turned by the wind and thereby turning the turbine, creating electricity. ©http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids IS IT RENEWABLE? Yes, as we find wind throughout the world and the minimum wind speed needed is from 16km/h upwards. The wind needs to have a constant speed, should be non-turbulent and must not be subject to strong bursts of air. The wind also blows faster the higher into the atmosp
Simply put it is the conversion of wind energy into electricity. And did you know that it is a form of solar energy? Yes, wind is caused by the uneven heating of the atmosphere by the sun, the irregularities of the earth’s surface, and rotation of the earth. The patterns in which wind flows are determined by the earth’s terrain, bodies of water, and vegetative cover. This wind flow can then be “harvested” by modern wind turbines and can be used to generate electricity that can be used commercially or domestically. Wind turbines come in a variety of sizes based on their use. The large utility-scale turbines can have blades that over 40 meters long, making the diameter over 80 meters (roughly the length of a football field); these turbines, like the one in Hawaii, can produce enough electricity to power 1400 homes homes. Now a residential- or farm-sized turbine may have blades from 8 to 15 meters (50 feet) in diameter and produce enough electricity to power a single home or up to three h
