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According to research done by Discovery News, in January 25, 2013, the top 10 countries, by order of most demand and use of wind energy, are: China, United States, Germany, Spain, India, Italy, France, Canada, Brazil, and Denmark. All of these countries are investing money in wind turbine projects because, in the long run, it is going to benefit them from both the economic and ecofriendly point of view (Discovery News). In addition to these top ten countries in the world, there are more countries that have, or are, investing in these types of projects, since this is the future and correct path for the use Renewable Energy as a replacement for fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are harming the environment to the point where in a short amount of time it is going to be almost impossible to live on Earth because of the catastrophic changes the pollution will cause. (Environmental and Energy Study Institute). The controversies caused in

According to a study by Archer and Jacobson, the wind power potential provided by just the windiest 13% of the planet’s land area is five times the power that we currently use – 72 terawatts (Archer, Jacobson, 2004). However, while the

One of the fastest growing energy sources in the world, wind power is a globally advantageous renewable resource.

One of the effects with the most impact from the use of fossil fuels is the pollution created. The United States, per the study conducted by WorldBank, is recorded as being the 10th largest contributor of carbon dioxide in the world per capita. In one year producing 17.6 metric tons, another unfathomable amount (Table). In order to dramatically cut this amount of pollutants down, another source of energy must be utilized. Today, there are many potential options available. Three of the most promising are wind, solar, and tidal energy. Solar is energy obtained from the sun, wind is energy generated by spinning

Yang, H.X., & Lu, L. (2004) Study of Typical Meteorological Years and Their Effect on Building Energy and RenewableEnergy Simulations, ASHRAE Trans, 110, (2), pp. 424–431.

In the United States, a topic for debate is the energy crisis. The issue is that the United States’ current, most widely used energy sources, fossil fuels, is harmful to the environment. So as to not harm the environment, many people have made the switch to solar or wind energy, thinking that as long as they don’t use fossil fuels they are doing the environment a favor. However, no matter the energy source for use on a large scale, it is going to have its own unique issues.  There are a number of energy alternatives within the United States. The two sides to the argument are renewables, such as wind and solar energy (the two most popular) versus fossil fuels, such as

The world is rapidly developing and changing, and all of these changes require a large amount of energy. Today, majority of the energy used today are non-renewable sources, such as burning fossil fuels, and burning fossil fuels creates huge amounts of pollution. To reduce the human footprint that we are leaving behind, people have started looking into alternative energy sources such as wind energy. If we used more wind energy to produce electricity, then it would benefit us economically and ecologically because wind energy is the most cost efficient and space-efficient renewable source, and the potential wind power in enormous. Also, we have an endless amount of wind, and we will never run out.

The lab tested various properties associated with wind turbines while measuring the effect on the power. It was shown that wind turbines can supply a significant amount of energy and power. This wind energy has an important application with wind turbines across windy areas of the United States. These turbines can provide power as a replacement for nonrenewable resources. Although wind energy might not be the most vital form of energy currently, it could become a very important alternate energy source in the near future. Wind turbines can be placed all across the United States wherever there is a strong amount of wind. When talking about implementing wind energy there are a lot of things to think about.

Wind energy is a clean, alternative source of energy that does not produce greenhouse gas emissions and can be produced domestically. While wind energy accounts for a small overall portion of the energy produced in the United States, the potential for wind energy is significant. Nevertheless, there are some obstacles that delay the widespread use of this technology, including intermittency of wind, cost, and public policies that deter their implementation.

Converting to renewable energy sources would have a devastating environmental impact. In addition to solar panels, wind turbines and hydroelectric dams would make up the largest portion of renewable energy generation. Wind farms create hazards in their areas of operation. They consume up to 200 times as much land as gas-fired power plants (Langwith). If 25 percent of our nation’s energy came from wind, the turbines would kill more than a million birds each year (Langwith). Experts have been unable to find a solution to this problem.

According to H. Sterling Burnett, wind power is not as efficient and environmentally friendly as others describe it. Burnett uses many facts to support his idea that wind turbines harm the environment and do not reduce the need for power plants. As well as being noisy and “land-intensive,” Burnett explains that turbines can only operate during certain wind speeds, so as not to harm the rotors (Burnett 247). When wind turbines are not producing electricity, power plants are needed to produce the energy deficit; therefore, power plants must run continuously regardless of wind turbine output. He also states that wind turbines require significantly more land than a power plant, and they only produce a fraction of the energy (247). As well as more

The argument of finding other ways to keep cars on the road, to keep homes heated in the winter, to keep homes cooled in the summer, planes flying, etc. has made people think outside the box; the “what if” factor has been slapped on the table along with a few “can we”, and a couple “of how comes”. For the most part, a lot of the answers are not new they are old with an added twist to revive them; for example, the wind power was being used by early farmers in the 1800s, steam and solar power had been dated back to the ancient Greeks.

We are facing an energy crisis on Earth. Burning fossil fuels are harming the atmosphere; this global warming and affects produces chemicals that hurt our body. People are starting to think about using alternative energy. Wind power would be our first choice, because it’s clean, inexhaustible and renewable. Today, wind power is mainly used in Europe. We believed wind power would be the main source of alternative energy for world use.

Fossil fuels are having great impacts toward nature such as global warming and greenhouse effect. Plus, the depletion of it contributes to the rising price of petroleum. Therefore, wind power rise as it is a source of clean, non-polluting renewable energy (Nash, 2008). This type of energy generation provides us with loads of benefits environmentally and economically.

Wind is an environmentally friendly source of energy that avoids the bad aspects of fossil fuels and nuclear power. In addition to cutting down pollution, wind turbines do not leave behind dangerous byproducts to dispose of like nuclear-generated power does. Also, while nuclear reactors and coal and gas-fired electric plants guzzle water, wind turbines do not require any water at all. At Swarthmore College alone, 200,000 kilowatt-hours of wind energy would displace conventional electric generation that would otherwise produce 140 tons of carbon dioxide, the primary source of global