Coming across an invention that meets three criteria to be truly innovative which are creative, cheap, and efficient is extremely rare. It is an engineering tragedy to see a feat such as this go unnoticed or overlooked and underutilized throughout the course of history. Until just recently, in a dire attempt to cease greenhouse gas emissions, the wind turbine is being reinvented and reestablished as a major competitor to most forms of fuels we use today. With its low cost, small size, and high output, this makes the wind turbine quite a competitor compared to fossil fuels and other harmful energy harnessing methods. And with carbon emissions peaking in the last decade, the need for new energy conversions is at an all-time high. Although the
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Since then, we have used wind power for various purposes such as grounding grain and pumping water from the use of windmills. Until 1887, when Charles F. Brush built the first windmill to produce electricity for Brush’s laboratory . This Wind turbine had a rotor that was 17m (56 foot) in length and was mounted on an 18m (60 foot) tower and could produce 12 kilowatts of electricity, powering up to 100 incandescent light bulbs, and various equipment in Brush’s laboratory . This led to the popularization of windmills being purposed for housing application, farming, and hydro maneuverability. As the years went on and technology progressed, electrical wind turbines got exceedingly slenderer, more efficient, and more powerful. Once wind turbines reached a noticeable electrical production rating, more of them were being put together in a series to create what’s known as a wind farm. These wind farms could consist of hundreds of wind turbines spread out through an area usually used for agricultural purposes and would be connected through a power collection system and communications network.
Before there was the implementation of wind power, the world would rely on other forms of energy. Heat and water were a popular source as these are readily available in many situations and produce very small negative side effects. Although they are natural forms of energy, the amount …show more content…
Currently the cost of an already constructed wind farm operates at one cent per kilowatt hour, making an astounding margin for profit compared to other forms of energy. Private wind farms are also exempt from property tax, mandates, and extend additional markets for “green credits”. With the implementation of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, private companies that employ wind farms get “green credit” towards their taxes and provides an incentive to use green gases instead of harmful fossil fuels.
In order to implement wind farms into our everyday lives there would have to be massive changes into the structures of cities. Locations of these farms would have to be near or integrated inside the designated city to ensure no electrical potential lost through the distance of the transmission lines. Wind power would not be the only form of energy production for this city as the weather tends to fluctuate, meaning other forms of energy would need to be stored in the event of a slow day. In turn, this would create an entirely self-dependent, clean, and renewable city that would have very little carbon
Since then, we have used wind power for various purposes such as grounding grain and pumping water from the use of windmills. Until 1887, when Charles F. Brush built the first windmill to produce electricity for Brush’s laboratory . This Wind turbine had a rotor that was 17m (56 foot) in length and was mounted on an 18m (60 foot) tower and could produce 12 kilowatts of electricity, powering up to 100 incandescent light bulbs, and various equipment in Brush’s laboratory . This led to the popularization of windmills being purposed for housing application, farming, and hydro maneuverability. As the years went on and technology progressed, electrical wind turbines got exceedingly slenderer, more efficient, and more powerful. Once wind turbines reached a noticeable electrical production rating, more of them were being put together in a series to create what’s known as a wind farm. These wind farms could consist of hundreds of wind turbines spread out through an area usually used for agricultural purposes and would be connected through a power collection system and communications network.
Before there was the implementation of wind power, the world would rely on other forms of energy. Heat and water were a popular source as these are readily available in many situations and produce very small negative side effects. Although they are natural forms of energy, the amount …show more content…
Currently the cost of an already constructed wind farm operates at one cent per kilowatt hour, making an astounding margin for profit compared to other forms of energy. Private wind farms are also exempt from property tax, mandates, and extend additional markets for “green credits”. With the implementation of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, private companies that employ wind farms get “green credit” towards their taxes and provides an incentive to use green gases instead of harmful fossil fuels.
In order to implement wind farms into our everyday lives there would have to be massive changes into the structures of cities. Locations of these farms would have to be near or integrated inside the designated city to ensure no electrical potential lost through the distance of the transmission lines. Wind power would not be the only form of energy production for this city as the weather tends to fluctuate, meaning other forms of energy would need to be stored in the event of a slow day. In turn, this would create an entirely self-dependent, clean, and renewable city that would have very little carbon