Wind Power

Wind energy is primarily utilized in wind farms located in open areas with consistent wind patterns, such as plains, coastlines, or offshore locations. These locations allow for large wind turbines to be set up to capture the wind's energy efficiently. Additionally, smaller wind turbines can also be used in residential or commercial settings to harness energy for local use.

The global winds that blow constantly from the same direction and cover a large part of the earth's surface are called the Trade Winds.

Wind power has been used for centuries, with early records showing windmills being used as far back as 2000 BC in ancient Persia and China. The modern use of wind power for electricity generation began in the late 19th century, with the first electricity-generating wind turbine built in 1887 by Scottish engineer James Blyth.

Wind energy is an indirect form of solar energy, as it is generated by the sun's uneven heating of the earth's surface, resulting in changes in air temperature and pressure that create wind movements.

Almost none of the world's power comes from wind currently. It may be possible to create 3 to 4% of the world's power from wind, but it has many drawbacks. The two most prominent being the need to run fossil fuel plants at idle (thus only feel good savings) and the fact they killed 100K birds just in Massachusetts alone. They have no real useful power and should be banned from an environmental standpoint.

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Yes they did kill lots of birds but there there is a new sanctuary for them elsewhere already. They generate 2% of the worlds power and, although this doesn't sound like much, is a huge amount of energy. They shouldn't be banned, they should be promoted. (see discussion)

Texas currently produces the most wind-powered energy in the United States.

While windmills and wind turbines both harness wind energy, they serve different purposes. Windmills are traditionally used to mill grain or pump water, while wind turbines are used to generate electricity. Wind turbines have a more modern design and typically operate on a larger scale than traditional windmills.

Indefinitely, unless it contacts something and gets absorbed by it, like the Ozone layer. Radiation from the earliest days of the big bang, approximately 14.5 billion years ago is still reaching us, having travelled (by definition) 14.5 Billion light years.

If you pay £6000 on double glazing windows and save £200 a year on heating bills then it would take 30 years for the double glazing to pay for itself the equation is:

PAYBACK TIME = COST OF INSULATION / ANNUAL SAVING.

simply when there is wind it stors up some electrisate and releses it very slowly it genrarets power for its self it even use it when there is wind becase it would go around rely slowly

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Wind generators only produce power when there is enough wind to turn the generator. For small scale units (private, home use) you need enough battery storage to carry you through times of no wind. For commercial generators, they are placed in locations where the patterns of wind are known to be steady and nearly continuous.

When there is no wind...the windmill when there is wind stores up energy inside itself so that on a day when there is no wind, you have energy! :)

An energy transfer diagram for winding up a clockwork car would show the transfer of mechanical energy input to potential energy stored in the clockwork mechanism. As the key is turned, mechanical work is done to wind up the spring in the mechanism, storing potential energy. When released, the potential energy is converted back into kinetic energy as the car moves.

A motor can be used in the generation of electricity by acting in reverse as a generator. When a motor is turned by an external force (such as wind or flowing water), it generates electrical energy through the principle of electromagnetic induction. This process converts mechanical energy into electrical energy that can be stored or used to power devices.

Some types of power that do not use a turbine to generate electricity include solar power, which converts sunlight into electricity through photovoltaic cells, and fuel cells, which produce electricity through a chemical reaction. Other examples include thermoelectric power, where temperature differences generate electric current, and piezoelectric power, where mechanical stress creates an electric charge.

It was developed and used in the U.S. i believe.

I suggest wind power was first used hundreds of years before the US was thought of! But this was for mechanical use, raising water and grinding corn.

they are just guessing!

a windmill is used for this purpose. the wind makes the mill go around wich turns the mechanism that makes the electricity. in the related links box below I posted the wikipedia windmill article.

A generator converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. By utilizing a magnet and a conductor to induce a flow of electrons, the mechanical energy is transformed into a usable electrical current.

In general, wind energy tends to be cheaper than solar energy to produce on a per-kilowatt basis. However, the cost can vary depending on factors like location, local incentives, and project size. Both wind and solar are valuable renewable energy sources that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.

The negative of wind energy is that production is dependant on winds, therefore if there is no wind there is no energy. there are no recorded ecological effects of wind energy capturing structures.

Some negatives of wind energy include its intermittency, meaning that it relies on wind currents which are not always consistent. Wind turbines can also have negative impacts on wildlife and require a significant amount of land to operate efficiently. Additionally, some people may find the noise and aesthetic impact of wind turbines to be a downside.

Wind power like any power has no good or bad. It is what it is. It is an engineering problem to interface wind power to the demand for power.

Pollution controls are not needed as part of the interface but load smoothing is part of the interface. noise abatement might be part of the interface, transmission to consumption centers may be part of the interface. Good and Bad arenot the issue, interfaces are.

The short and simple answer is this: A wind turbine consists of blades; similar to those of a helicoptor. These blades are attached to a generator. As wind causes the blades to move, the blades turn the generator to produce electricity. As to how a generator works; I'll have to leave that up to someone else to explain.

Wind power is found around the world in regions with consistent wind patterns, such as coastlines, plains, and mountain passes. Countries with significant wind power capacity include China, the United States, Germany, and India. Wind farms are often located in areas that experience strong and consistent winds to maximize energy generation.

Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy, which is then used to drive a generator that produces electricity. The spinning blades of the turbine capture the wind's energy and turn a rotor connected to the generator, converting the rotational energy into electrical energy. This electricity can then be fed into the power grid for use.