Wind power

Wind power

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  Past, Present andFuture By Miss Cunningham and Mr. Fiedler
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  Wind power is: The use of wind currents to turn a turbine to generate electricity.  ”…the United States today has more than 45,000 wind turbines that provide enough electricity to power 14.7 million homes – roughly equivalent to the number of homes in Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, and Ohio combined.”  Wind power “plants” are found all over the US, including new plants off the coastline.  How windmills work.
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  History of WindPower  The first wind mills were used in the 9th century in an area between the modern countries Iran and Afghanistan.  Wind mills were used to pump water from the ground and to grind grains used for food.  The use of wind mills was not monitored until it became possible to generate electricity using the mills.  The environmental impacts of wind power in history include noise pollution
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  Wind Power Today: Wind power today is used for electricity generation.  In 2012 there was 60 Giga Watts of electricity produced in the US.  The current environmental impacts of the use of wind power are:  Ugly  Change of migration patterns in animals  The use of wind power is monitored:  Through the amount of electricity generated  Regulations on the placement of new wind mills and farms.
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  Wind Power inthe Future  Wind Power may be used in many ways in the future including;  Individual wind mills for homes and buildings  Offshore wind mills  Make cars that run off wind power  Wind Power is a renewable resource and therefore will be able to be used for many years to come. The only limitation would be overpopulation to the point where wind mills could not keep up with the need for electricity.  Even though wind power is a renewable resource, it is still important for people to limit their use of power.  The use of wind power should be maximized, however, their locations should be chosen carefully as to not disturb environmentally fragile areas.
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  What the useof wind power can do:  Provides electricity generation equivalent to 14 nuclear power plants or 52 coal plants  Each year, wind energy produces electricity equivalent to burning 320 million barrels of oil  Avoids 95.9 million tons of CO2, or roughly 4.2% of the CO2 emissions of the entire power sector  This CO2 avoidance is the same as taking 17.5 million cars off the road  Avoids the consumption of 36.6 billion gallons of water annually
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  What to do… Subsidize it like we do oil!  Limit our electricity use.  Energy efficient appliances  Low –E lights  Individual wind mills for homes and businesses  Global banks could give lowered interest loans to wind companies.
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  Resources  AWEA U.S.Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2012 Market Report: http://www.awea.org/learnabout/publications/reports/upload/A WEA-Fourth-Quarter-Wind-Energy-Industry-Market- Report_Executive-Summary-4.pdf)  National Renewable Energy Laboratory: http://www.nrel.gov/gis/pdfs/windsmodel4pub1-1- 9base200904enh.pdf  A Record Year for the American Wind Industry: http://energy.gov/articles/record-year-american-wind-industry  US Department of Energy: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wind/media/expanded_as3_single. swf