Wind Power

Wind turbine architecture, a hot trend in the twenty-first century. Capable due to the sun’s energy, wind turbine design is existent.  One percent production of wind energy conversion into electricity is estimated to supply present consumption of the world.  By 2020, wind turbines could power the universe’s energy.  In retrospective, transferring one to two percent of sun’s energy into wind energy is one hundred times more than the energy converted into biomass using every plant on earth. 

There are various styles and techniques to wind turbine design.  Construction of these structures is on land, water or in air.  Ultimate wind energy is accumulated in open fields on land or calm water offshore.  Wind turbine design has minimal impact to the environment impact.

An interesting article I found about wind turbines is Obama’s recent plan to auction off New England shores for wind farm development.  The first proposal extended to wind energy investors is an auction for wind energy rights to 164,750 acres off New England’s coast, Rhode Island and Massachusetts waters.   By federal environmental reviews, these water areas are the most optimal for developing offshore wind farms with low risk of environmental impact. 

This is an opportunity to generate 3,400 megawatts of electricity, that can power over a million New England homes.  If constructed, it will be the first wind farm constructed in the United States. (?)