Title: Evaluate the efficiency of any ONE item from within your subject area: wind power as a source of electricity
SID: 6602318
Subject: MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Word Count: 1586
It has become a commonly held view that energy policy needs to change over the next fifty years (Ali 2012). The reliance on fossil fuels is unsustainable and expensive. Therefore, increased efforts to produce renewable energies have become a major factor in corporate energy policies. According to Zatzman (2012), the hoped for result is a sustainable source of energy which causes minimal damage to the environment and costs less than fossil, or nuclear power. The use of wind energy has been in existence for centuries. …show more content…
Projects of individual wind power have been expanded as a result of its comparatively cheap cost. In 2011, the United States built the largest operating wind farm in the world which generated about 0.8 GW (Zatzman 2012). According to Ali (2012), the utilization of individual turbines is also expanding because of the requirement for power in countryside zones. It was also suggested that the spread of renewables to more areas and nations helps the world 's individuals to meet their fundamental needs, as well as to grow the economy. Lyatkher (2013) pointed out that small individual wind farms in China was providing energy to almost 1.7 million individuals. Wind energy industries in India and China, for example, have burgeoned since 2002 and their turbines and generators have become very competitive. So, many industrial countries such as China have illustrated that the cost of wind power tends to drop from 10-30% in real terms each decade (Committee on Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects 2007). Jamieson (2011) indicated that wind power costs has changed to be less expensive than the expenses of conventional energies and its cost has become close to cost-competitive with natural gas stations as a result of modern technologies. It was also shown that, since the 1980s, the cost of American wind energy has fallen more than 91%. In addition, the wind power industry has employed many thousands of individuals. In some European countries, one megawatt of wind energy installed creates occupations for 15-20 individuals. On the other hand, the high cost of wind energy is the principle reason that disheartens a few nations around the world to construct this kind of energy. This expense includes capital, repairs, fuel and operation processes (Committee on Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects 2007). However, wind energy could cost much
SID: 6602318
Subject: MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Word Count: 1586
It has become a commonly held view that energy policy needs to change over the next fifty years (Ali 2012). The reliance on fossil fuels is unsustainable and expensive. Therefore, increased efforts to produce renewable energies have become a major factor in corporate energy policies. According to Zatzman (2012), the hoped for result is a sustainable source of energy which causes minimal damage to the environment and costs less than fossil, or nuclear power. The use of wind energy has been in existence for centuries. …show more content…
Projects of individual wind power have been expanded as a result of its comparatively cheap cost. In 2011, the United States built the largest operating wind farm in the world which generated about 0.8 GW (Zatzman 2012). According to Ali (2012), the utilization of individual turbines is also expanding because of the requirement for power in countryside zones. It was also suggested that the spread of renewables to more areas and nations helps the world 's individuals to meet their fundamental needs, as well as to grow the economy. Lyatkher (2013) pointed out that small individual wind farms in China was providing energy to almost 1.7 million individuals. Wind energy industries in India and China, for example, have burgeoned since 2002 and their turbines and generators have become very competitive. So, many industrial countries such as China have illustrated that the cost of wind power tends to drop from 10-30% in real terms each decade (Committee on Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects 2007). Jamieson (2011) indicated that wind power costs has changed to be less expensive than the expenses of conventional energies and its cost has become close to cost-competitive with natural gas stations as a result of modern technologies. It was also shown that, since the 1980s, the cost of American wind energy has fallen more than 91%. In addition, the wind power industry has employed many thousands of individuals. In some European countries, one megawatt of wind energy installed creates occupations for 15-20 individuals. On the other hand, the high cost of wind energy is the principle reason that disheartens a few nations around the world to construct this kind of energy. This expense includes capital, repairs, fuel and operation processes (Committee on Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects 2007). However, wind energy could cost much