| Where does the wind come from? The answer is the | | | | energy created worldwide. |
| sun. The earth is heated by the sun. This process | | | | Wind turbines will obviously vary in size and |
| varies from place to place depending upon the climate. | | | | configuration depending upon their application. are over |
| However, as warmer air rises, cooler air will move in | | | | 200 feet tall and can provide enough power to furnish |
| replacing it creating high and low pressure areas. | | | | more than 500 homes with electricity. Wind farms will |
| When air moves from a high pressure mass to a low | | | | actually have hundreds of wind turbines working in |
| pressure mass, the result is wind. So, if we have | | | | conjunction with each other. However, when focusing |
| sunshine we will have wind. As long as we have wind, | | | | on domestic or residential wind power sources, usually |
| people will develop wind power systems and find | | | | one smaller wind turbine in the backyard will be good |
| ways to harness the power of the wind. | | | | enough to provide electricity for the home. |
| Wind power systems have been around for centuries. | | | | One of the best ways to utilize wind power systems |
| World explorers, like Marco Polo and Magellan, filled | | | | in your home is to do it yourself. The Earth4Energy |
| their sails with wind to travel around the globe. | | | | guide is a great tool that will show you how to put |
| Windmills were once a popular method of pumping | | | | together your own wind turbine and save some |
| water and grinding grain. So, it is no mystery that more | | | | money at the same time. Wind is a clean, free and |
| and more people today are turning to wind power | | | | renewable source of power. Other than the fairly low |
| systems to generate electricity. Although popularity in | | | | cost to setup the wind turbine, operational costs are |
| wind power systems is growing each year, wind | | | | pretty much zero, and don't forget the tax incentives |
| power only accounts for a very small portion of the | | | | for wind energy. |