Wind Energy

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Wind Energy

• x XD By Rebecca XD and Victoria D x

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Contents D x

• What do u need to make it work ?
• Why is being developed ?
• Top ten facts about wind turbines ?
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Quiz ?
• Sources of information

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What is needed to make itwork

• You need wind to make the wind turbines work
  which is good if you live on high lands.

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Why is it being developed

• Wind is always going to be around to power the
  wind turbines because it is a renewable energy.
• In Denmark 20 of their electricity is from wind
  power.

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Top ten interesting facts D

• 1 . A home owner turbine is basically a fan that
  when moved by the wind creates energy because it
  is attached to a generator that_at_
• 2 .collects the electricity it makes . Today's
  windmills do not interfere with TV reception
• 3 . The first turbines that produced energy from
  the wind were used in 200 b. c. in Persia (Iran).
  
• 4. Wind generated and powered turbines can have
  either vertical or horizontal axis.
• 5. The United States and Germany are the
  world's leading countries in wind energy.
• 6. The top U. S. states for energy created by
  wind are Texas and California.
• 7. One megawatt of wind energy is about 1
  million in economic
• development in today's dollars. 8. Energy made
  with wind in America will reduce the carbon
  dioxide in the air by one third.
• 9. Wind energy is really a form of solar energy
• 10. 80 percent of the wind power generated
  energy costs is construction .

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Advantages

• One of the advantages of wind power is that it
  doesnt cause global warming
• Wind is free it doesnt cost any money and wind
  farms dont need fuel to power
• the ground can still be used to grow fruit and
  vegetables.
• The wind farm attracts tourist attention.

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Disadvantages

• The wind turbines can sometimes kill birds
  because some of the birds like heavy wind
• Some places dont have wind so they cant have
  wind farms.
• It can sometimes affect TV reception