| Wind powered generators are one of the
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| | or to transport it - there are no
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| most ancient kinds of alternative power
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| | greenhouse pollutants generated, and no
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| sources on the planet. They are made to
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| | need to store, process, or to deal with
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| manufacture energy by transforming the
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| | toxic wastes. On the low end of the
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| kinetic energy of the wind into
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| | spectrum, turbines can be as small as
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| mechanical energy, which is then either
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| | five feet in diameter and might be
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| tapped directly (in the case of
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| | capable of only a few hundred watts. At
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| windmills, for example, which were used
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| | the high end of the scale, turbines can
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| to make flour from grain, or to pump
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| | be as huge as 200 feet in diameter and
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| water for irrigation) or coupled directly
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| | may be capable of generating 2 to four
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| to an electrical generator that creates a
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| | megawatts of power. Like with
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| DC electrical output that can be used in
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| | photovoltaic solar electricity
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| a more general sense. In this
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| | generation, there may be incentives
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| publication I will be talking about the
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| | available for construction, and energy in
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| type of wind generators that produce
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| | excess of that which we are using can be
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| electrical power, as this is the most
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| | sold back to the power company. Wind
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| useful to us in our daily lives. Wind
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| | speed is impacted by the local topography
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| turbines are basically large windmills,
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| | and increases with height above the
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| with gigantic blades that turn as a
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| | ground, so wind turbines are generally
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| result of the wind and create energy from
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| | installed on large towers. For a typical
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| the conversion of the winds energy. Wind
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| | installation, the wind turbine sits on
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| turbines are manufactured using
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| | top of a tall tower and generates low
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| fiberglass, copper, steel along with many
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| | voltage DC that is used to charge a
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| other space age materials. Wind turbines
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| | battery store - this stored electricity
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| have many negative impacts on the
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| | is harnessed by passing it through an
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| environment. They are obviously very
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| | inverter which transforms the low voltage
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| visible, and very ugly since they must be
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| | direct current power into higher voltage
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| located in close proximity to windy,
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| | AC energy for use in household
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| fairly open terrain to be useful - recent
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| | applications. By concentrating numerous
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| attempts to position them offshore have
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| | turbines into wind farms a substantial
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| been greeted with great success. They
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| | amount of power can be stored and
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| also require energy in their production,
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| | utilized, perhaps for a whole city or
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| energy which is fossil-based, and
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| | town. Due to the fact that the wind
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| therefore it takes substantial time
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| | doesnt blow all the time in most areas,
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| before they are beneficial in terms of
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| | wind turbines are used in hybrid systems
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| greenhouse gas emissions - this timeframe
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| | with many different technologies like
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| can be anywhere from three to six years.
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| | photovoltaic solar panels, batteries, and
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| They are often linked to the mauling of
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| | diesel generators to provide a consistent
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| birds that can be shredded as they pass
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| | source of electricity. Contrary to
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| between the turbine blades during
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| | fossil-fuel power stations, wind turbines
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| transitory passages although this issue
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| | are clean - they do not manufacture the
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| is heavily debated. With all of the
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| | CO2 emissions that are thought to be
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| negatives aside, wind turbines should be
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| | causing greenhouse gases or the sulfur
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| a choice when talking about a broad
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| | dioxide emissions that cause acid rain.
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| strategy for green energy, in those areas
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| | Modern day wind turbines are divided into
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| that are well suited to them. Once up
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| | 2 major categories, namely horizontal
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| and running, wind turbines are very
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| | axis turbines and vertica axis turbines.
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| efficient in a larger sense - they
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| | Modern horizontal axis wind turbines are
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| produce electricity from a natural,
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| | actually better at capturing the wind
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| sustainable renewable resource, without
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| | than vertical axis machines given the
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| the hidden social or environmental costs
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| | same amount of swept area (i.e. the
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| that we incur with the burning of fossil
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| | diameter of the circle traced by the
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| fuels - there is no need to mine the fuel
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| | outside tip of the blades).
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