Wind energy and its applications

1. Wind used to produce electricity by
converting the kinetic energy of air in
motion into electricity. In modern wind
Favorable sites include the tops of
smooth, rounded hills; open plains and
water; and mountain gaps that funnel and
intensify wind. Wind speeds generally
increase with increasing elevation above
the earth's surface. Large wind turbines
are placed on towers that range from
about 500 feet to as high as 900 feet tall
rotational energy.
Wind energy

2. Why wind energy is important?
Favorable sites include the tops
of smooth, rounded hills; open
plains and water; and mountain
gaps that funnel and intensify
wind. Wind speeds generally
increase with increasing
elevation above the earth's
surface. Large wind turbines are
placed on towers that range
from about 500 feet to as high
as 900 feet tall.

3. First, there is the power of the Wind,
constantly exerted over the globe...
Here is almost incalculable power at
our disposal, yet how trifling the use
we make of it! It only serves to turn a
few mills, blow a few vessels across
the ocean, and a few trivial ends
besides.