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Wind Power in America: the Perfect "Alternative Energy Source

Wind Power in America: the Perfect "Alternative" Energy Source Mankind has been harnessing wind energy since the first years of the Common Era. JANUARY 0001 Wind energy has been harnessed for so long Saturday because it is easily accessible regardless of your Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 4 6. 7 location. 8 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Hot light air rising Sun 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Solar Radiation Heavier cooler air Heat As radiation from the Sun unevenly heat's earth's surface hot air rises causing cold air to rush in below and Wind take its place. This atmospheric process is what creates wind. CLEAN Compared to many widespread energy sources, wind energy has a much less negative effect on the environment. AIR In operation a wind turbine consumes no fuel and produces no air pollution. This makes it one of the most environmentally sound means of gathering energy. АСТ China 75,564 United States 60,007 Germany 31,332 Spain India United Kingdom 8,445 Italy France 22,796 18,421 8,144 With wind power so easy to access and so environmentall sound, one would assume that everyone is trying to get their hands on it. In reality the top few countries make up the majority of the world's installed windpower сaрacity. 7,196 Canada 6,200 Portugal Rest of world 39,852 4,525 America is a leader in installed windpower capacity, but we are still second to China. 2012 Year End Wind Power Capacity Maine Washington 1. The United States of Vermont Montana N. Dakota Minn. America still has 11 states Oregon New York New Hampshire with Idaho S. Dakota installed Wisc. Mass. no Wyoming Mich. windpower capacity. Rhode Island lowa Penn. Nevada Nebraska New Jersey Ind. Ohio Delaware Maryland Utah Illinois Colorado V. Va 2. A select group of twelve states make up most of our nation's wind energy production. Kansas Missouri California Arizona Oklahoma Tenn. New Mexico Техas Alaska Puerto Rico Wind Power Capacity Megawatts (MW) 1,000 - 13,000 100 - 1,000 20 - 100 Hawaii 1- 20 The unemployment rate in America is still at 7.6% The wind energy industry can provide many jobs. Factory workers are needed to create the parts of a turbine. Maintenance crews are needed to keep up repairs on wind turbines, and perform routine checks on turbines. turbines. Engineers are needed to design the most efficient Meteorologists are needed to devise where exactly turbines can be placed to produce the most energy. Senators have voted to continue wind energy tax credits to help the industry flourish. Much like the ethanol industry was just a short the time wind ago, industry is on the rise. Interest is growing and the public is starting to a switch to this clean renewable energy. 3 favor Sources: Deal, Walter. "Wind Power: An Emerging Energy Resource." Technology and Engineering Teacher. 70.1 (September 2010): 9-15. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 April 2013. Drachmann, A.G., "Heron's Windmill", Centaurus, 7 (1961), pp. 145-151 Grassley, Charles. "Should Congress Extend the Production Tax Credit for Wind Energy? PRO" Congressional Digest. 92.2 (February 2013): 18-24 congressionaldigest.com. Web. 11 April 2013. Gunturu, U. B. & Schlosser, C. A.. “Characterization of wind power resource in the United States." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12 (2012): 9687-9702. Web. 9 April 2013. US Department of Energy. “Installed Windpower Capacity." Wind Powering America. United States Department of Energy. 9 April 2013. Web. 22 April 2013. http:// www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_installed_capacity.asp World Wind Energy Association. “World Wind Energy Report 2009." wwindea. World Wind Energy Association. March 2010. Web. 17 April 2013. http://www.wwindea.org/ By: Chris Hogan home/images/stories/worldwindenergyreport2009 Wind Power in America: the Perfect "Alternative" Energy Source Mankind has been harnessing wind energy since the first years of the Common Era. JANUARY 0001 Wind energy has been harnessed for so long Saturday because it is easily accessible regardless of your Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 4 6. 7 location. 8 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Hot light air rising Sun 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Solar Radiation Heavier cooler air Heat As radiation from the Sun unevenly heat's earth's surface hot air rises causing cold air to rush in below and Wind take its place. This atmospheric process is what creates wind. CLEAN Compared to many widespread energy sources, wind energy has a much less negative effect on the environment. AIR In operation a wind turbine consumes no fuel and produces no air pollution. This makes it one of the most environmentally sound means of gathering energy. АСТ China 75,564 United States 60,007 Germany 31,332 Spain India United Kingdom 8,445 Italy France 22,796 18,421 8,144 With wind power so easy to access and so environmentall sound, one would assume that everyone is trying to get their hands on it. In reality the top few countries make up the majority of the world's installed windpower сaрacity. 7,196 Canada 6,200 Portugal Rest of world 39,852 4,525 America is a leader in installed windpower capacity, but we are still second to China. 2012 Year End Wind Power Capacity Maine Washington 1. The United States of Vermont Montana N. Dakota Minn. America still has 11 states Oregon New York New Hampshire with Idaho S. Dakota installed Wisc. Mass. no Wyoming Mich. windpower capacity. Rhode Island lowa Penn. Nevada Nebraska New Jersey Ind. Ohio Delaware Maryland Utah Illinois Colorado V. Va 2. A select group of twelve states make up most of our nation's wind energy production. Kansas Missouri California Arizona Oklahoma Tenn. New Mexico Техas Alaska Puerto Rico Wind Power Capacity Megawatts (MW) 1,000 - 13,000 100 - 1,000 20 - 100 Hawaii 1- 20 The unemployment rate in America is still at 7.6% The wind energy industry can provide many jobs. Factory workers are needed to create the parts of a turbine. Maintenance crews are needed to keep up repairs on wind turbines, and perform routine checks on turbines. turbines. Engineers are needed to design the most efficient Meteorologists are needed to devise where exactly turbines can be placed to produce the most energy. Senators have voted to continue wind energy tax credits to help the industry flourish. Much like the ethanol industry was just a short the time wind ago, industry is on the rise. Interest is growing and the public is starting to a switch to this clean renewable energy. 3 favor Sources: Deal, Walter. "Wind Power: An Emerging Energy Resource." Technology and Engineering Teacher. 70.1 (September 2010): 9-15. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 April 2013. Drachmann, A.G., "Heron's Windmill", Centaurus, 7 (1961), pp. 145-151 Grassley, Charles. "Should Congress Extend the Production Tax Credit for Wind Energy? PRO" Congressional Digest. 92.2 (February 2013): 18-24 congressionaldigest.com. Web. 11 April 2013. Gunturu, U. B. & Schlosser, C. A.. “Characterization of wind power resource in the United States." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12 (2012): 9687-9702. Web. 9 April 2013. US Department of Energy. “Installed Windpower Capacity." Wind Powering America. United States Department of Energy. 9 April 2013. Web. 22 April 2013. http:// www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_installed_capacity.asp World Wind Energy Association. “World Wind Energy Report 2009." wwindea. World Wind Energy Association. March 2010. Web. 17 April 2013. http://www.wwindea.org/ By: Chris Hogan home/images/stories/worldwindenergyreport2009

Wind Power in America: the Perfect "Alternative Energy Source

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A concise infographic on wind energy's current state in America.

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