Alternative Energy Project

By: Hutch Tidwell, Joshua LeFors, Elizabeth Sanders, Savannah Jordan

Wind Energy

• Wind Energy- kinetic energy converted from wind into electric current

Basic Explanation

• Created by wind turbines. • Wind turns the blades, which spins a shaft,

which connects to a generator and makes electricity.

Location of Wind Energy

• First appeared in Europe Used most efficiently by:• United States• India• Germany• France• Spain

Benefits of Using Wind Energy

What Wind Energy does

• Supply power for electric generators• Used to generate mechanical power or

electricity.

Green and Clean Energy

Economical Energy

Agriculture and Rural Development

Limitation of Deployment

Unreliable Resource

• Wind varies daily•

Threat to Human and Wildlife

Beneficial in Texarkana?