Wind power is competitive and has provided good value in wholesale power markets.
Wind power lends itself well to domestic applications, as wind turbines can be virtually any size. They can be fitted to rooftops (though these are less efficient) or smaller versions can be placed in back gardens.
As the technology to mass produce cheap electrical power from the wind advances, wind power is expected to play a much larger role in energy production.
The unique problem of people not desiring to look up at or listen to wind power turbines all day every day has become a bit of an issue. Where the issue is likely to be decided is in more urban areas where the use of wind turbines is just commencing to creep in.
In most residential situations, a wind turbine is used as a supplemental source of power in combination with local, on-the-grid, utility power.
Wind power is also stable, because its cost does not fluctuate with the price of fuel.
An ancient use of wind power was to grind grain using a wheel that was turned by the wind.
It’s becoming ever likely that wind power will be an important means of generating electricity worldwide.
Recent advances in technology have led to the appearance of large-scale wind farms, and it is these that governments are looking at as a solution to problems with increasing energy prices and climate change.
Wind power systems use wind resources as their fuel. Now, wind is a free source of fuel that can be renewed as many times as wished for.
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