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    Wind power is a form of renewable energy that converts wind into electrical energy using wind turbines. It has grown rapidly in recent years, with China, the US, Germany, Spain, and India being the top producers of wind power in 2009. Wind power helps reduce emissions and reliance on coal in China. Countries like Denmark have also benefited greatly from wind power, with wind providing 20% of its electricity and thousands of jobs. Studies show that wind power has huge untapped potential to meet global energy needs many times over. While upgrading infrastructure is still needed, wind power is a low-cost, carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels.

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    Wind power is a form of renewable energy that converts wind into electrical energy using wind turbines. It has grown rapidly in recent years, with China, the US, Germany, Spain, and India being the top producers of wind power in 2009. Wind power helps reduce emissions and reliance on coal in China. Countries like Denmark have also benefited greatly from wind power, with wind providing 20% of its electricity and thousands of jobs. Studies show that wind power has huge untapped potential to meet global energy needs many times over. While upgrading infrastructure is still needed, wind power is a low-cost, carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels.

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    Wind power is a form of renewable energy that converts wind into electrical energy using wind turbines. It has grown rapidly in recent years, with China, the US, Germany, Spain, and India being the top producers of wind power in 2009. Wind power helps reduce emissions and reliance on coal in China. Countries like Denmark have also benefited greatly from wind power, with wind providing 20% of its electricity and thousands of jobs. Studies show that wind power has huge untapped potential to meet global energy needs many times over. While upgrading infrastructure is still needed, wind power is a low-cost, carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels.

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    Wind Power

    ANGELA DE ASIS
    JAMES DE GUIA
    OWEN BERNARDO
    A N A M A R I E L I Z A R DA
    USING WIND TO
    PRODUCE
    ELECTRICITY:
    AN IMPORTANT STEP
    TOWARDS
    SUSTAINABILITY
    WHAT IS WIND?

     It is the difference in the sun’s rays hitting


    the earth between the equator and the
    poles to create different amounts of solar
    heating together with earth’s rotation.
    WHAT IS WIND POWER?

     Is a form of Energy conversion in


    which turbines convert the wind into
    mechanical or electrical energy that can
    be used for power.

     Such wind turbines are being used in large


    numbers at some site to create wind
    farms.
     Wind Turbines today can be as tall as 22
    stories and have blades as long as the
    height of a 7-story building
     These turbines could get a stronger and
    more reliable winds that are found in
    higher altitudes.
     Wind power has been the 2nd fastest
    growing source of energy.
     The largest wind power producers in 2009
    were:
    - China
    - United States of America
    - Germany
    - Spain
    - India
     In China, The use of wind power helps reduce
    the use of coal and prevents the further
    emission of Carbon Dioxide and other air
    pollutants
     In the year 2020, they plan to be the world’s
    biggest manufacturer and seller of wind
    turbines.
     Denmark, the world’s most energy
    efficient country gets 20% of their
    electricity from wind and aims to raise it
    up to 50%
     Danish companies also control one-third of the
    global wind turbine market around the world
    and over 400,000 are employed in the
    production, installation, and maintenance of
    wind turbines.
     Job numbers are most likely to increase and
    rise rapidly over the years.
     2009 – A study led by Xi Lu, a Harvard
    university student estimated that wind
    power has the potential to produce 40
    times the world’s current use of
    electricity.

     This can happen with a series of large


    wind farms.
     Even though offshore wind farms (in
    water wind turbines) are costly to install,
    it is expected to increase the use of it.
     A 2009 study published that the US Academy of
    Sciences estimates that the world’s top Carbon
    dioxide emitting countries have more than
    enough land base and offshore wind potential
    to more than meet their current electricity
    needs.

     U.S – 16 to 22 times
     China – 15 times
     Canada – 39 times
     Russia – 170 times over
    Advantages:

     Wind is in-exhaustable and is widely


    distributed.

     It is also carbon and pollution free.

     Wind energy is the cheapest way to


    produce electricity.
    Disadvantage/Draw backs:

     In some location like the United States,


    to use wind power , they need to
    upgrade and expand their electrical grid
    systems.

     Winds die down and may require backup


    source of power, such as natural gas to
    generate electricity.
    But scientist are
    working on ways
    to store wind
    energy like:
    Electricity produce
    by wind to pass
    through water to
    produce hydrogen
    fuel.
     To use wind generated electricity
    to pump pressurized air deep
    underground into aquifers, caverns,
    and abandoned natural gas wells.

     This process is used in Germany


    and in Alabama, U.S state.
     Some people in populated areas are
    oppose to wind farms due to it being
    unsightly and noisy.

     But in windy parts of the US Midwest


    and in Canada, many farmers and
    ranchers welcome wind farms and
    became wind power producers
    themselves.

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