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    Renewable Energy Wind Abstract We have been harnessing the wind’s energy for hundreds of years. From old Holland to farms in the United States‚ windmills have been used for pumping water and grinding grain. Today‚ the windmill’s modern equivalent‚ a wind turbine‚ can use the wind’s energy to generate electricity. Wind turbines can be used as stand-alone applications‚ such as for pumping water or to help reduce homeowners’ electric bills‚ or they can be connected to a utility power grid to supply

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    2.1. How Wind Is Created?

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    2.1 How Wind is Created. Wind is defined as air in motion. (1) When wind is being describe you first give the strength of the wind followed by the direction the wind is coming from e.g. extremely windy for a time‚ with strong to gale force and blustery west to northwest winds. (2) Wind is powered by the sun and by the rotation of the planet. Wind from the sun is caused by the uneven heating of the earth by the sun. The equator is heated much more by the sun than the poles. The hotter air expands

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    Homework Questions: 1. What might drive wind farm operators to adopt a more aggressive attitude towards the utilization of predictive analytics using monitoring and operations data to run the business? 1. Diminishing the cost of hiring maintenance groups 2. Shorter the time of responding bugs &reports 3. Collecting the trend of damage report‚ and having better communication with engineering or manufacturing department in case of necessary adjustment or improvement for different geographic conditions

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    Should the Use of Wind Energy Be Encouraged? Fossil fuels are having great impacts toward nature such as global warming and greenhouse effect. Plus‚ the depletion of it contributes to the rising price of petroleum. Therefore‚ wind power rise as it is a source of clean‚ non-polluting renewable energy (Nash‚ 2008). This type of energy generation provides us with loads of benefits environmentally and economically. On the environmental aspect‚ wind energy does not contribute to pollution as almost

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    Power of Wind

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    Power of Wind Jason A. Jennings Principles of Marketing (BUS 330) Instructor: Debra McCoskey-Reisert January 28‚ 2012 Power of Wind There is a large sector in the United States that believes wind energy is an excellent alternative resource. There is also a group of people that believe that the wind turbines that are used to generate wind energy is a bad idea because they obstruct the natural view‚ causes death to birds‚ and generates noise pollution. They also argue that wind energy is

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    As the severity of the global warming threat attains universal recognition‚ the United States must look for ways to decrease its reliance on fossil fuels for electricity production. The combustion of fossil fuels such as oil and coal to generate electricity produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that lead to a variety of environmental problems. Nuclear power‚ on the other hand‚ is a comparatively clean source of energy. Though still widely employed‚ concerns over security of stored waste

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    Wind Energy Technology IEEE PES 22 July 2008 JP Lyons - Novus Energy Partners Bob Thresher – NREL Wind Tech Center Mike Robinson – NREL Wind Tech Center Paul Veers – Sandia National Labs Modern Wind Turbines Electrical Pitch Drives GE 1.5sl • 1.5 MW • 77 M Rotor Diameter • 50-100 M Tower Doubly-Fed Generator • 98% Availability • Speed 10-20 RPM Main Shaft & Bearing • Variable Pitch Gearbox Epoxy-Glass Composite Blades Transformer & Electrical Power

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    Wind Power

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    geothermal power‚ tidal power‚ hydroelectric power‚ solar power‚ nuclear power and wind power. A highly controversial source of environmentally-friendly energy is wind power. Wind power is often criticized because turbines are often assumed to be noisy‚ unsightly‚ expensive‚ a waste of space and a hazard for birds‚ but many of these beliefs are either untrue or have no evidence to support them. This paper will outline common arguments against wind power‚ prove them to be false‚ and show why wind power

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    Wind why Why: the case for wind power It’s clean. Wind power is non-polluting and safe. During operation it does not contribute to global warming. There is no legacy of pollution for future generations. In contrast brown coal‚ the main source of Victoria’s electricity production‚ is the most polluting of the fossil fuels‚ making this state the worst greenhouse polluter in Australia. If we are to avoid climate change we must drastically cut emissions. It’s affordable and available right now

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    "Separation of powers" is the current right structure of the United States. The so-called separation of powers is through the law‚ the three powers: legislative power‚ executive power and judicial power‚ respectively‚ to three different state organs jurisdiction‚ both to maintain their own rights‚ but also to maintain a balance between each other. Therefore‚ in the United States‚ the president exercised the executive power on behalf of the US government. Congress exercises legislative power and represents

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