Wind Power Energy

While our goal at the Solar Hub is to promote solar energy, we would like to give a bit of air time to another promising renewable source, i.e wind power energy. Wind power is a viable standalone energy generation solution, but also works great as a backup to solar installations during long periods of low light levels.

 There isn’t anything particular complicated about wind power. In fact, the wind has been used to generate energy for a long time. Windmills are nothing new, and have been used to convert the power of wind into useful work for hundreds of years. There are even some great step-by-step guides online to show you how to make your own DIY wind power energy generator.

 

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Wind turbines work in almost the exact same way. The kinetic energy of the air moving the blades gets converted once more into mechanical energy which is then used to produce electricity. Wind turbines are what most people think of when they think about wind energy these days, as the electricity that they produce is considerable more universally useful than the grain grinding of traditional windmills.

Wind energy is also often used these days to pump water in remote areas where electricity is hard to come by, though that form of wind energy is less immediately useful for most modern people.

Harnessing Wind Power for Electricity

 Wind energy has become increasingly popular over the last decade as a means of creating large amounts of electricity for settlements of people. More cities than ever are surrounded by fields of wind turbines which are producing a larger portion of those city’s energy than ever before. While wind turbines have grown substantially in their use and popularity over recent years, they still account for a small percentage of all electrical energy produced in the world in general, and in the United States specifically, compared to traditional methods of energy production such as coal burning.

 While wind energy is relatively cheap and completely renewable, it is not as convenient as other alternative methods of energy such as solar energy. For example, large wind turbines are known to break down and stop relatively often, and are also inconvenient and expensive to repair, particularly true of off-shore wind farms

Wind Power for Your Home

While large scale wind power operations have not quite taken off, small scale wind power systems are becoming increasingly popular. Wind power is the second most popular form of alternative energy for homes and families looking to generate their own electricity and live off the grid, second only to solar energy.

Originally, wind power for individual homes was solely the domain of people who lived in rural communities and had the land and space to erect individual wind turbines that were able to generate enough energy to power their homes. Wind turbines for home use have become increasingly more effective and more efficient, which has subsequently made them an increasingly viable option for homeowners. There are even small wind turbines that produce a substantial amount of electricity these days which are no larger and no more obtrusive than most satellite dishes, which predicts a future when wind power energy will be as available and as flexible for individuals as solar energy. The Earth4Energy guide shows you how to build your own wind power energy system for less than $150. You can see some stills from the Earth4Energy guide in the image on the right.

 

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 (Includes Solar and Wind Power Energy Projects)