1. WIND ENERGY
Ece Şevkan
Çağlar Kocabıyık
Doğan Sivrikaya

2. Windmill
WHAT IS WIND ENERGY
Wind
turbine
Wind power plants

3. What is Wind Energy
How many wind
turbines are
there in
Europe?

4. Economic Advantages of Wind Energy
No foreign dependency

5. Economic Advantages
In USA, the cost of wind electricity is
50% of nuclear energy
25-30% of fossil fuel plants

6. Economic Advantages
Wind turbines on rounded
hilltops produce more
electricity than turbines
located in valleys or
rugged terrain.
Turbines at sea or close to
shore produce more energy
than turbines located inland.

7. Economic Advantages
Free fuel

8. Economic Advantages
Revitalize rural economies
Price stability

9. Environmental Advantages
Decrease air and water pollution
Good for wild life

10. Average CO2 emissions from fossil fuels in EU

11. Wind Energy Supporters

12. AMR of birds
AMR of birds in Spain, 692 turbines in18 windfarms= 0,13
AMR of USA = 0,01 – 0,02 %

13. Environmental Advantages
Are wind
turbines too
noisy?

14. “When you look at a wind turbine, you can find
dead birds and count them. With a coal-fired
power plant, you can not count dead birds, but it is
going to kill a lot more birds.”
John Flicker, National Audubon Society President

15. Social Advantages
Job possibilities
Local ownership

16. Social Advantages
Landowner’s wealth
increase Better life standart
Better relationships

17. Vestas Company
example

18. In conclusion
Wind energy is useful for people in terms of
economy,environment and social life.