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About 1 million wind turbines would be needed to power the entire United States.
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Does wind energy use traditional fossil fuels?
No. Wind turbines capture the wind's energy and convert it into electricity.
How will an increase in the use of wind turbines affect the availability of wind in the future?
It will not affect the availability of wind.
Fossil fuel plants and nuclear plants both heat water in order to turn?
Steam turbines, which then themselves turn generators.Nearly every method for generating electricity at commercial scales uses turbines at some point (though they may be wind, steam, or water turbines).
What is one disadvantage of using wind turbines instead of fossil fuels?
Wind is a big disadvantage in how wind destroys a lot of items on the earth including ur mom gigity gigity and wind effects aircraft when you hit wind it is turbulence. Wind effects the circumference of
What are some renewable energy sources?
The main renewable sources of energy to generate electricity are:Hydro-power (use of water from rivers, dams, tides and ocean waves)Wind energy (using wind turbines)Solar power (using the power of the sun to heat water or produce electricity)Geothermal (using the heat deep under the earth's crust)Ocean Thermal (using surface heat and deep cold water)Biofuel (producing ethanol from organic material like corn and sugar cane husks)See the Related Questions links for more information about each of these methods of producing energy.
How many wind turbines needed to power us?
About 1 million wind turbines would be needed to power the entire United States.
How many wind turbines needed to power new york city?
4,000
How many average wind turbines are needed to replace 1 average nuclear power plant?
About 500, when the wind is blowing
What does wind turbines do?
A wind turbines uses the wind to power an electricity generator.
How many wind turbines to power a factory?
How big is the factory?
Why is wind power not used to generate electricity needed for large cities?
Simply because of the space that would be needed for the wind-turbines ! The amount of power produced by a single wind turbine is relatively small. In order to power a large city, you would need thousands of turbines - which would occupy huge swathes of land !
How does wind power help?
Wind turbines use the wind to rotate blades that turn a rotor - which creates electricity. They range from very small turbines supplying energy for battery charging systems (for example on boats or in homes), to turbines grouped on wind farms supplying electricity to the national grid.Wind power helps the environment, because, it lasts for as long as the planet Earth is around. Wind power does not pollute the wind, it can be used almost anywhere it can be hooked up to an electrical outlet, and there are many ways to harness wind power: Offshore, onshore, tall wind turbines (hundreds of feet tall), short wind turbines (tens of feet tall), wind turbines on rooftops, airborne wind turbines and wind turbines that are built by do it yourself people. Wind power does not kill as many bats or birds as anti wind power turbine people claim, and it is not that noisy.
Why dont they put wind turbines on airplanes?
They do install wind turbines on aircraft. The RAT (ram air turbine) is used when emergency power is needed and the engines and auxiliary power unit are non-functional. See link.
What are the advantage of wind energy?
Disadvantages 1)Wind power needs a lot of land. 2)wind power is a hard subtences to get in a town where they do not get that much wind . 3)Towns that do not get this much wind that is needed for the turbines .
What are wind turbines being used for in Canada?
Many provinces like Alberta generate a significant amount of power to the grid by using wind turbines.
What are the dis-advantages of wind energy?
Disadvantages 1)Wind power needs a lot of land. 2)wind power is a hard subtences to get in a town where they do not get that much wind . 3)Towns that do not get this much wind that is needed for the turbines .
How many wind turbines are required for 1 nuclear power station?
zero
