| energy has been used for many years as | | | | be harnessed form the wind is more than the |
| individuals have used wind power for sailing, wind | | | | human population currently uses. So just think |
| mills for manufacturing and pumping water and | | | | about having almost cost free power. |
| more recently conversion into electricity using | | | | The amount of power that is generated by the |
| wind turbines. Wind power is a renewable energy | | | | wind is dependent on the speed and as the wind |
| that is considered a good option instead of burning | | | | speed doubles the amount of power produced |
| fossil fuels. Of all the renewable energy sources it | | | | increases eight fold. However there is a cap as |
| is the most efficient and you only need a light | | | | wind turbines can only go so fast and generate so |
| breeze to produce electricity. | | | | much energy. You do not need high winds at all |
| The very first uses of wind for energy was in | | | | time though as a lot of energy can still be |
| the form of wind mills and sailing as people have | | | | produced with 15 mph breezes. |
| been using wind for more than thousands of | | | | The main issue with wind energy is storage as |
| years to propel ships. Windmills have also been | | | | wind power cannot be dispatched at different |
| used for many years for milling grain as well as | | | | times but needs to be used immediately. Many |
| pumping water for irrigation. These irrigation | | | | companies have looked into different types of |
| windmills was the main reason that farming and | | | | batteries, storing it within the energy grid and |
| ranching could occur in the US, as there are vast | | | | even hydroelectricity. Many times surplus energy |
| stretches of land that do not have ready access | | | | from domestic wind turbines are fed back into |
| to water. | | | | the electrical grid and the energy company will |
| The very first usage of wind to create electricity | | | | purchase this energy and you will receive |
| occurred in 1888. The first wind turbine was used | | | | electricity credits. |
| to create hydrogen in the 1890s but it was soon | | | | A wind turbine used to collect the power of wind |
| converted to producing electricity. Small wind | | | | will contain a rotor shaft, gearbox and brake |
| turbines are used to provide power to rural | | | | assembly. Generally within a wind farm the |
| buildings and today there are larger wind farms | | | | different turbines are interconnecting for power |
| that are being used to produce electricity for large | | | | collection and communication networking. Wind |
| networks. What is known as the modern wind | | | | energy uses induction generators to collect the |
| industry really began in 1979 when wind turbines | | | | power and change it to electricity. |
| began to be regularly produced. | | | | The best types of generators are doubly fed |
| Wind occurs because the surface of the earth is | | | | machines as they will function when errors occur |
| not evenly heated, as the poles get less sunlight | | | | within the grid. You need to be aware of the |
| than the equator. This causes cooled and heated | | | | power factor, dynamic behavior and frequency |
| air to move which in turn produces wind. It is | | | | constancy when a system fault should occur. |
| projected that the amount of power that could | | | | |