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Wind Power

Wind Power. By: Danforth Holley Kendal Effinger & Daisy Bledsoe-Herring. Uses of Wind Power. Primarily electricity Heats, lights, and cools homes Runs cars, appliances, and the technology of the future Also mechanical energy Grind grain, pump water. How do windmills work?.

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Wind Power

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  1. Wind Power By: Danforth Holley Kendal Effinger & Daisy Bledsoe-Herring

  2. Uses of Wind Power • Primarily electricity • Heats, lights, and cools homes • Runs cars, appliances, and the technology of the future • Also mechanical energy • Grind grain, pump water

  3. How do windmills work? • Wind spins the rotor blades • Which turns a gearbox • Attached to an electrical generator • Which creates electrical energy • Which is then distributed through power cables

  4. WHAT WOULD WIND REPLACE? • Non Renewable Fossil Fuels • Mainly coal • Natural Gas Coal Plants (“NY Times”) (Miller Textbook)

  5. High Efficiency Low Environmental Impact Would lower electricity costs Quick construction Advantages Over Coal (“Scruffy Dan Blog”) (Miller Textbook)

  6. Clean No air pollution NoCO2Emission reduced by 99% when wind replaces coal reduced by 98% when wind replaces natural gas Abundant Reliable Affordable Safe More Advantages… (“Renewable Energy Sources”) (“Yes2Wind”)

  7. Wind farms generate electricity in 28 states. Most wind production in: Texas, California, Iowa, Minnesota, and Oklahoma. Areas with most potential: Midwest US “Saudi Arabia of Wind” (“Miller Text”) Dakotas/Texas Most turbines in California Wind Power in the USA (“Wind Action”) (“AWEA”)

  8. Location Vansycle Ridge-boarder between Washington & Oregon 399 Turbines Wind comes from Columbia Ridge 16-18 mph average Capacity: Produces enough energy for 26,500 Homes A Case Study: Stateline Wind Energy Project (“Wind Energy: The Facts”) (“BPA.GOV”)

  9. Helps local/national econ Eliminates need for some fossil fuel plants Environmental Review shows that impact is low Low land use Technology to protect environment/safety A Case Study: Stateline Wind Energy Project PROS (“Wikipedia”) (“RNP”)

  10. Very few cons Inevitably some birds will be effected Areas were temporarily disturbed during construction Some roads must be built to access facilities=habitat destruction A Case Study: Stateline Wind Energy Project CONS (“Wikipedia”) (“BPA”)

  11. Mainstreaming Wind Power • Becoming Mainstream • Increased 50% • US overtook Germany in 2008 • Variability • relies on the wind to blow • Not completely reliable • Low startup and maintenance costs • Barriers: Current coal-powered plants • Industries based on these

  12. Infrastructure • Wind Turbines • Sites to place turbines • High wind, land use, value of energy, etc. • Transmission line availability

  13. State of State Address • Reduce reliance on coal-burning power plants by 45% • Solar and wind energy • Wind Turbines in the Great Lakes • Use money saved from importing coal to build wind turbines • Manufacture parts in Michigan—creating jobs

  14. Denmark • Denmark gets 19% of their electricity from windmills. • Near Copenhagen, Denmark has the world’s largest off shore wind farm.

  15. Sources • American Wind Energy Association. 05 Feb. 2009 http://www.awea.org . • "Review of the major Wind Power Turbine Manufacturers - Part 2 |." Renewable Energy Sources. 05 Feb. 2009 http://www.renewable-energy-sources.com/2008/04/14/review-of-the-major-wind-power-turbine-manufacturers-part-2/ . • "Wind Energy." Energy Information Administration - EIA - Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government. 05 Feb. 2009 http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/wind.html . • "Www.windaction.org | Horse Hollow Wind Plant." Www.windaction.org | Welcome. 05 Feb. 2009 http://www.windaction.org/pictures/6534 • YES 2 Wind. 05 Feb. 2009 <&iuml;&macr; http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/wind-power >. • YES2WIND: How to say yes to wind energy in your area. 05 Feb. 2009 http://www.yes2wind.com .

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