History of Wind Power: We actually have used wind for a very long time now. First we used wind for transportation, using sails to harness wind. Wind help start the exploration age. Then using wind for agriculture, providing power to a whole farm. Now these windmills produce unbelievable amount of energy.
A wind turbine uses less than 1 acre of land. And that land can be use up to the base. People always, if its not windy windmills do not produce energy, but in reality windmills work 75% of the time. One wind turbine provides power to 1,219 homes or 13,479 fridges.
1 wind turbine= 16000 solar panels. A lot of energy is use uses to build a wind turbine, but it generate equivalent energy in 6 months and keeps generating clean energy for 25 years. 1 turbine displaces 2,365 tones of CO2 emissions every year. 1 turbine saves 174,000 bath tubs of water every year. People also say windmills are dangerous for birds. In reality windmills only cause 0.01 of bird fatalities. Collisions with buildings cause 58% of bird deaths. The noise is also a problem for people, but modern windmills are extremely quiet, just producing a whoosh sound.
The costs for a utility scale wind turbine range from about $1.3 million to $2.2 million.
Europe is ahead of curve in using wind. UK is the windiest country in Europe, receiving 40% of Europe's wind. England has 1 wind turbine per 100 km, Germany has 7 every 100 km, Denmark has 11. 7 out of 10 people support wind power. This could be answer to a sustainable future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8btlmWn0xdY
A wind turbine uses less than 1 acre of land. And that land can be use up to the base. People always, if its not windy windmills do not produce energy, but in reality windmills work 75% of the time. One wind turbine provides power to 1,219 homes or 13,479 fridges.
1 wind turbine= 16000 solar panels. A lot of energy is use uses to build a wind turbine, but it generate equivalent energy in 6 months and keeps generating clean energy for 25 years. 1 turbine displaces 2,365 tones of CO2 emissions every year. 1 turbine saves 174,000 bath tubs of water every year. People also say windmills are dangerous for birds. In reality windmills only cause 0.01 of bird fatalities. Collisions with buildings cause 58% of bird deaths. The noise is also a problem for people, but modern windmills are extremely quiet, just producing a whoosh sound.
The costs for a utility scale wind turbine range from about $1.3 million to $2.2 million.
Europe is ahead of curve in using wind. UK is the windiest country in Europe, receiving 40% of Europe's wind. England has 1 wind turbine per 100 km, Germany has 7 every 100 km, Denmark has 11. 7 out of 10 people support wind power. This could be answer to a sustainable future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8btlmWn0xdY