Wind Power

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Wind Power

• INFO 1001
• 22 June 2011

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Overview

• Retail Prices
• Alternative Sources
• Vanadium
• Windmills
• Prototypes
• Disadvantages

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Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices

• Retail gasoline and diesel price have been on the
  rise for the past 10 years.

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Alternative Sources

• Wind Power
• No Fuel Required
• Can not run out of wind
• Turbines
• 3 Bladed rotors
• Up to 87 yards long
• Spin up to 200 mph
• Wind Farm
• Hundreds of towers or turbines
• 65 tons of equipment

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Vanadium Battery

• Uses electrolytes to store energy
• Able to absorb and release large amounts of
  energy
• Stores energy from wind turbines

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Windmills in The Sky

• Wind Power kites
• Fly like helicopters
• Mile or more into the air
• Long cord that energy can travel down
• Wind is stronger

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Turbine Prototypes

• Has 2 blades instead of 3 blades
• Spans 44 yards
• Lighter weight
• Flexible blades
• Hinged with downward positioned rotors
• Avoid blades smashing into towers

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Disadvantages

• Cant turn wind on or off
• If there is no wind, there is no power
• The cost of a battery back up system cost almost
  2.5 billion for about 250,000 people for 24 hours

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Summary

• With rising prices, alternative sources are
  needed.
• Possible source are Wind, Turbines and Wind
  Farms
• Using vanadium batteries to store energy