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What are wind generators?

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I recently read an article in a local newspaper and it was talking about the time of peak oil. This is a time when readily available oil has been discovered. Any new oil discovery is so difficult and expensive not to mention that it is dangerous for the environment to extract it that it is not worth the financial or environmental risk for oil companies. They say this time could be in the next few years! Expect oil and fuel prices to go beyond ordinary people. Since most of our power generation is produced from oil and other fossil fuels, there is no better time to explore other energy technologies.

This brings me to one of the most promising new energy sources: wind generators!

A wind power generator is just that, a generator that gets its mechanical force through a wind power turbine connected to it. Wind power as a relentless energy source - we used it for centuries to power our ships, now we use it to provide electricity.

Windmills have been around for a long time, being the oldest of the ancient Persians. They were used to pump water from wells. Later, windmills were used to grind grain, you don't see that anymore, but you still see windmills pumping water on rural farms. Now we obviously use them to generate electricity with massive turbines that dominate the sky, they are no longer windmills but wind turbines or generators. Only recently have wind farms become more common. This is likely due to the cost of fossil fuels and concerns about greenhouse emissions.

Modern wind turbines can generate power in megawatts with a single wind farm producing enough electricity to power a city.

One of the main advantages of wind power generators is that they do not emit any other chemical pollutants unlike their fossil fuel counterparts. This is a huge advantage with carbon trading schemes and the costs incurred for the big polluters. Countries around the world are desperately trying to cut their emissions to agreed levels to avoid heavy penalties.

The main problem with wind power is that it is inconsistent. The force of the wind can be strong enough to produce a decent amount of energy one day and produce nothing the next. Large fluctuations in the power generated wreak havoc on power company networks. Therefore, another supplemental energy source is needed to keep the electricity in your home constant.

They are also massive structures that due to the needs of the wind, must be placed in prominent places such as coastal areas and hilltops. However, no one wants a giant turbine to block their views. Unfortunately, the bigger they are, the more power they produce, so you can guess they get really big and รถยนต์พลังงานลม.

Wind power generators are becoming more prominent with their advantages over traditional power generation. There has been a sharp increase in interest in alternative energy as a whole. This is encouraging a crucial investment. The public need for electricity is only growing, in the coming years, with the expected dominance of electric vehicles on our roads, it will only get worse.

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