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    Wind Power is the use of our natural wind that converts it into mechanical energy which eventually becomes electricity. You may not realize this, but we used wind power that dated centuries ago. It pumped water, ground grain, and plenty of other things. (Resources, awea.org) Ever since recorded history, people had the ability to use wind as a source of energy. Wind power was been used to propel boats along rivers as early as 5000 B.C. At 200 B.C., China used windmills to pump water, while in Persia

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    energy. In 1991, the worst disaster happened in the Arabian Gulf, and it was closed to my hometown. It’s estimated more than 250,000 seabirds died by oil spill (Laura Moss, 2010). However, solar and wind power is the best choice for many scientists to preserve the environment. In the past, renewable power had some difficulties because most of the energy has obtained from hydroelectric levees, whereas now produce more than quarter of the globe’s energy (reading 1). As well as this, more than 85 of the

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    readily available, including hydropower, wind power, solar power, geothermal power and biomass. The use of fossil fuels in theU.S is too much and needs to be reduced (Stanford 2016). There are many renewable energy sources that we could switch to. Hydropower and Wind power are some of the easiest and renewable resources ever. However Wind power is one of the most cost-renewable resources and therefore should be a choice that people should use. Wind Power should have been harnessed and used widely

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    Wind Power Research Paper

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    Wind Power- the Future Energy Source Abstract: 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. Introduction:

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    Establishing Wind Power

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    Establishing wind power as a major source of electricity can be costly and can have many disadvantages; however, there are many important advantages that can come from wind power as well. Buying and installing a wind turbine is expensive. The cost to install a small “household-single turbine” can be up to thirteen thousand, five hundred dollars (Gipe 125). One popular home wind turbine is the Skystream. With this turbine, home owners would need to make thirty-five cents to forty cents per kilowatt-hour

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    How Wind Power Works

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    Wind power has been used over centuries (Bowden 44). It converts the energy form the wind into wind power with the help of wind turbines (How Do Wind Turbines Work?). They can provide power for houses and farms. In order to fulfill the electricity needs of humans, large group of wind turbines can work together as wind farms (Catherall 32). Windmill is very green, it is very environmental friendly as it has no air pollution. It is clean and renewable. However, the wind speed and availability is driving

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    Wind Power versus Hydro Power Essay

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    Wind Power vs. Hydro Power Sean Cox Saint Stephen School Grade 8 Ms.Mitchell April 3, 2014 Review of Literature: The topic of this literature review is wind power and hydropower. The purpose is discovering how wind power and hydropower influences the world and our lives.“Environmental science is the study of the interaction of the living and nonliving components of the environment with special emphasis on the impact of humans on these components. (Hartwick, What is Environmental

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    Solar Power is Superior to Wind Power Have you ever thought about green energy? Well if you have, I am sure that you have heard of solar power and wind power. There are also other forms of green energy but they are not used as much as solar or wind power, but solar and wind power are the most debated of all green energy. This topic is controversial because the world is beginning to switch to renewable green energy and people and politicians are debating which energy source they should use. In the

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    What Are Wind Power?

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    Wind Power •Why did you choose this product or service? What are its interesting features? I chose wind power because it is a clean source of energy and I believe that as a global economy we are very badly in need of clean alternative energy sources. The interesting features of wind power are that wind is a constant renewable source for our planet and mankind has been harnessing the power of wind for many centuries. For centuries we have used the power from the wind for sailing and farmers used

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    someone thinks of wind power they most likely think of Holland. Wind energy has been used in Holland since the inception of the county. (Wind energy in Holland) Wind is super abundant on our planet. (About wind energy, why wind energy) Around 80 different countries use wind power to generate electricity commercially. (Energy facts) Though our scientists may claim that they are inventing something new by using wind as a source of generating energy, the truth is that wind is being used for centuries

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