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Wind Power--The Best Green Energy Source
Author: John Mowatt
Wind is the cheapest form of renewable energy without a doubt. Solar energy is also clean,green,power but is more expensive and limited in output. Solar panels are presently expensive in relation to the power they can produce. Nuclear energy supplies a lot of the power requirements in some countries,notably in Europe.
There is however much public opposition to building new nuclear power plants.
In the USA natural gas is the biggest form of new energy production. Wind power is the next in line. In 2008 wind turbines will produce about 1% of the United States power needs. Around 30% of new energy production installed in 2007 was wind power.
Many consumers now realise that green energy must be our highest priority in future,if we are to minimise climate change and it effects. The trend to building fossil fuel powered generating stations must be reversed.
Home owners and farmers can help with the transition to clean power by installing small wind turbines to supply all or part of their electricity needs. These turbines can be purchased from a number of manufacturers and can be installed as a rooftop wind turbine or on a small free standing tower.
Commercial wind turbines are quite expensive in relation to power output. A better solution for many is to build their own low cost wind turbine. A good turbine can be built from auto parts and a few odds and ends at very low cost. Plans and instructions are available for this project.
Any excess power production can be sold to the power utility in many areas thus reducing the cost even further. Power can also be stored in batteries for use when the wind is too light. Even a light breeze will however produce power.
The average home owner can easily build a small wind turbine or several of them to supply part or all of the power required. All that is needed is simple tools and some auto parts and wood. Several can be built for the cost of one commercial wind turbine.
Not a bad business also for anyone who wants to make them for resale. The demand for a low cost turbine is there and can only grow in years ahead.
Why not build your own wind power turbine now and produce your own free green electricity. You will be doing mother earth a favor by reducing atmospheric pollution. This is an idea whose time has come.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/wind-powerthe-best-green-energy-source-540523.html
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how is wind energy source extracted, processed refined?
how is the wind energy source extracted,processed refined?
How do the consumers use the wind energy source?
pls tell me how… we need it…. badly…. tnx and a source pls….
Out of geothermal energy, wind energy & solar energy.. which is the best renewable energy source?
Which out of geothermal energy, wind energy & solar energy is the best renewable energy source? The best renewable source in Canada by the way. This is the wrong section, but a lot of people answer here so I thought I’d give it a shot, no rude answers please. Thanks in advance!
How could wind energy source be used?
How you use wind energy depends on
how much you are willing to pay for it.
You can purchase systems that only produce
electrical power (usually 12-24 volts) at a low cost.
The cost for such a system is around $650-$3000.
They dump the power as DC into 1-2 12v batteries.
I am building one of these to do the following:
(1) power my 12 volt outside lights
(2) power my 12 volt waterfall in the summer
(3) power a 12 volt heater in the winter.
If you are willing to pay more and you want to
generate power that you can resell to the electric co,
you will need more expensive equipment that puts
the power generated back onto the power grid.
That can run $3000-$100,000 for equipment of this type.
All three have their advantages, but geothermal wins because it does not depend on the whims of the wind, and because it is available 24/7, rain or shine, night or day.
Electicity is generated by putting a magnet inside a coil of wire. This produces an elecro magnetic field. When the coil is moved back and for the field is broken and electricity is produced. This is the principle of a dynamo and how electricity is produced. A generator is the machine that moves the coil around the magnet. The fuel source is the thing that makes the generator work. Fuels that make the generator work are – fossil fuel, wood, nuclear eneary, hydro ( water), sun and wind.
These generators are in large power stations dotted around the country. Huge cables carry the electricity from the power stations to sub stations which converts the current into AC/DC, a fluctuating current that can be used in your home. Cables carry the electricity from the sub stations into the shopping precincts, industrial parks and residential areas.
Wind generators are the same as any other form of generator except for the fuel source being wind.
A horizontal or vertical axis turbine with sail or blade areas is placed where the wind blows. The force of the wind over the area of the sail makes the turbine spin. That rotation is used to turn a generator. The generator produces electricity which is then passed to the utility grid or in a smaller setup used to charge batteries.
First, you have to build a wind farm. Then from the wind, it’s going to generate and make the wind farm fans move, generating energy and usually there are other underground pipes and center where it will capture all these energy from the wind farm and go through another complicated process and re-generate and convert to useable energy