Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE PROJECT 1 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE PROJECT 2 Environmental Issue Project - Reference List Name Institutional Affiliation Environmental Issue Project - Reference List Delucchi, M.A., & Mark, Z.J. (2011). “Providing All Global Energy with Wind, Water, and Solar Power, Part II: Reliability, System and Transmission Costs, and Policies.” Energy Policy 39.3: 1170–1190. Jacobson, M.Z., & Mark, A.D. (2011). “Providing All Global Energy with Wind, Water, and Solar Power, Part I: Technologies, Energy Resources, Quantities and Areas of Infrastructure, and Materials.” Energy Policy 39.3: 1154–1169. MacKay, D. (2008). Sustainable Energy—Without the Hot Air. Cambridge, UK: UIT. Nelson, V. (2013). Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment: Energy and the environment. CRC Press. Smil, V. (2010). “Energy in the Twentieth Century: Resources, Conversions, Costs, Uses, and Consequences.” Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 25.1: 21–51. Spelman, F.R. (2014). Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy: Energy and the environment. CRC Press. Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROVERSY 1 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROVERSY 3 Environmental controversy Name: Course: Tutor: Date: WIND ENERGY The technological advancement has brought about the desire to move from nonrenewable to renewable sources of energy. As a result, the United States has ventured into the harvest of wind power and its use in various states. However, the move led to several environmental controversies in the perspective of environmentalists. The various arguments which arose, concerned mainly efficiency and ability of this power to meet the energy requirement (Wang, In Kang, C., & In Ren, 2017). Its inability to provide sufficient energy made people feel that it should be eliminated since it was associated to have a negative impact to the environment. The experiences of controversies are due to the production of noise by the wind turbines as they generate power. Additionally, since some of the turbines are situated along bird pathways, it has led to the death of wildlife birds, thus contributing to biodiversity reduction. The other controversy being brought about by the establishment of wind turbines is the environmental look it manifest on the region it is developed (Pasqualetti, Gipe, & Righter, 2002). On the other hand, due to the fact that majority of turbines and stations are in remote areas, overhead transmission cost is high hence its effectiveness is reduced (Smout, 2008). These comprise the major issues of controversies. Its supporters, however, argue that wind power is environmental friendly, clean, creates jobs, do not use water and also that it is renewable. Reference Wang, N., In Kang, C., & In Ren, D. (2017). Large-scale wind power grid integration: Technological and r ...

1. Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE PROJECT
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE PROJECT
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Environmental Issue Project - Reference List
Name
Institutional Affiliation
Environmental Issue Project - Reference List
Delucchi, M.A., & Mark, Z.J. (2011). “Providing All Global
Energy with Wind, Water, and Solar Power, Part II: Reliability,
System and Transmission Costs, and Policies.” Energy Policy
39.3: 1170–1190.
Jacobson, M.Z., & Mark, A.D. (2011). “Providing All Global
Energy with Wind, Water, and Solar Power, Part I:
Technologies, Energy Resources, Quantities and Areas of
Infrastructure, and Materials.” Energy Policy 39.3: 1154–1169.
MacKay, D. (2008). Sustainable Energy—Without the Hot Air.
Cambridge, UK: UIT.
Nelson, V. (2013). Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the
Environment: Energy and the environment. CRC Press.
Smil, V. (2010). “Energy in the Twentieth Century: Resources,
Conversions, Costs, Uses, and Consequences.” Annual Review
of Energy and the Environment 25.1: 21–51.

2. Spelman, F.R. (2014). Environmental Impacts of Renewable
Energy: Energy and the environment. CRC Press.
Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROVERSY
1
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROVERSY
3
Environmental controversy
Name:
Course:
Tutor:
Date:
WIND ENERGY
The technological advancement has brought about the desire to
move from nonrenewable to renewable sources of energy. As a

3. result, the United States has ventured into the harvest of wind
power and its use in various states. However, the move led to
several environmental controversies in the perspective of
environmentalists. The various arguments which arose,
concerned mainly efficiency and ability of this power to meet
the energy requirement (Wang, In Kang, C., & In Ren, 2017).
Its inability to provide sufficient energy made people feel that it
should be eliminated since it was associated to have a negative
impact to the environment.
The experiences of controversies are due to the production of
noise by the wind turbines as they generate power. Additionally,
since some of the turbines are situated along bird pathways, it
has led to the death of wildlife birds, thus contributing to
biodiversity reduction. The other controversy being brought
about by the establishment of wind turbines is the
environmental look it manifest on the region it is developed
(Pasqualetti, Gipe, & Righter, 2002). On the other hand, due to
the fact that majority of turbines and stations are in remote
areas, overhead transmission cost is high hence its effectiveness
is reduced (Smout, 2008). These comprise the major issues of
controversies. Its supporters, however, argue that wind power is
environmental friendly, clean, creates jobs, do not use water
and also that it is renewable.
Reference
Wang, N., In Kang, C., & In Ren, D. (2017). Large-scale wind
power grid integration:
Technological and regulatory issues.
Pasqualetti, M. J., Gipe, P., & Righter, R. W. (2002). Wind
power in view: Energy landscapes in
a crowded world. San Diego: Academic Press.
Smout, K. D. (2008). The creation/evolution controversy: A
battle for cultural power. Westport, Conn: Praeger.

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Environmental controversy
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Course:
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