WIND ENERGY

HOW WIND ENERGY WORKS

• Wind turbines use wind to make electricity.
• The wind turns the blades like a fan.
• The blades rotate to trigger the spinning motion of the generator.
• The genarators create electricity.

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USES OF WIND ENERGY

• Mechanical power to pump water.
• Generators to convert wind energy into electricity.
• Wind powered cars, cargo ships, water pumps.
• Windmills on wind farms generate wind energy.

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WIND ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

• Wind turbines produce noise which make them unpopular.
• Wind turbines are large in size and take up a lot of space.
• Birds and bats die when they get caught in wind turbines.
• The technology is a clean energy source and widely supported.
• Wind is free!!

PROS AND CONS

• The creation of wind energy is clean and wind is free.
• The cost is becoming more affordable and wind turbines can provide energy for many homes.
• But wind does not always blow consistently and the weather may not always cooperate.
• The blades of the wind turbines can be harmful to wildlife.
• It requires a lot of open land and cooperation from communities to operate.

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