Wind Power

BY: BRANDON NHAN

What is it used for?

Wind power is used to make electricity for everyday objects. It can run anything that relies on electricity. Wind power can generate electricity for batteries, homes, farms, buildings, and much more. Wind power is made by using windmills generating the energy. Wind power is worldwide.

Is this source Renewable?

Wind power is definitely renewable. The way it works is when the wind turns the large turbine blades, which spins a generator shaft and that produces electricity. The only time it will run out is when the Earth is no more and the air cannot move. Another source of wind is the Sun. Wind will always be the top energy source.

What are the costs to this source of energy? Building windmill fields will

cost a fortune just for one field. Imagine having at least 10 in a province. A single wind turbine scales from 1.3 million to 2.3 million. As well of all the construction is going to be used that can pollute the world. Another cost will be all the space it takes up. No homes can be built there for the people that need homes. In addition the benefit to this though is that we will save tons of energy in our world and make it a clean planet.

Is it good or bad?

Are there positive aspects to it?

A wind turbine is good in almost all ways. All it needs to work is the natural wind to spin it around. It is also clean when it is functional and can create masses of energy in a single day or week. Wind turbines have two looks; a wooden small one by itself and a great huge white one in a field with others. Wind turbines are excellent tools.

Are there negative

aspects to it? The turbine has little to no

negative aspects. It does create one pollution and is sound pollution. People living near have noisy sounds all day because of the blades spinning. It takes up a lot of land (mostly country side). These are two bad things about the wind power.

How does a wind turbine work?

Electricity is made when the blades spin from the wind. Next is the gear box speeds the generating process faster. After the electricity is generated it is brought down to the grid where it can be stored or used right away. The storage acts as if it were a huge battery sitting in a box waiting to be used. Or it is used right away like to power the stove, or turn the lights on.

Can its energy be stored for later usage? The storage of wind energy is

possible. When it is sent to the grid it is placed into huge battery like box where is kept until it is released to power something or chipped off into batteries. Afterward being used by people and can power battery using machines. Or it can be stored for years before being used. This proves the energy can be stored.

Does it create and

waste-by-products?

Wind energy does not create any useless nor harmful things. All the things it makes is either used in a proper way or harmful to people nearby. This source has no waste-by-products within itself.

Should it be widely used?

This energy should be widely uses if people were rich enough to have a windmill near their house. Furthermore the space that is required in this energy source for one is at least the size of a house.

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