What are the advantages of wind power?

Answer 1

Advantages of wind power:

• Wind power is very low cost (after the initial production and installation)
• Wind power is clean (no pollution or carbon dioxide after the initial setup, apart from the comparatively minor emissions produced to manufacture, transport, erect and maintain them)
• Wind is a renewable and sustainable resource. We can use as much as we can today and there will still be more tomorrow.
• Wind power will become cheaper than fossil fuel in the next few years (when the price of carbon is added to coal and oil), and in many places already is.
• Wind turbines are self sufficient, just place them and watch 'em spin! (low maintenance, few moving parts, easy to repair)
• Many people view wind turbines as aesthetically beautiful additions to the landscape.
• Wind prices won't inflate like today's gas prices.
• The land beneath can still be used for farming or any other purpose it was used for prior to a wind turbine being erected.
• (For the US) At the moment we get our fuel (fossil fuels, mainly oil) from other countries. What would happen if one day they decided to cut off our power? Wind energy reduces US dependence on unstable, oil-producing countries.

The benefits of wind power are that it is clean, produces no emissions, and is a renewable energy source. The greatest benefit of wind power is that the energy (i.e. the "fuel") component of the delivered power is FREE.

Wind energy is provided ultimately by the sun and the rotation of the earth. The sun's radiation creates pressure differences in the atmosphere, and the rotation of the earth creates Coriolis forces. Together, these produce winds. Because wind energy comes from the sun and the earth's rotation, it is "FREE" in another aspect: it is completely non-polluting.

Wind power, delivered to where people need it, is not free of all cost however. This is because we must build expensive windmills to turn the wind energy into electricity, and transmission lines to get the power where we need it. Also, the environment in the immediate vicinity of windmills will suffer in various ways, and with the suffering is associated an additional cost. Arguably, however, the environmental costs are usually much greater for other modes of power production, such as coal fired thermal power stations. Wind power does not require the burning of fossil fuels (beyond initial manufacturing and installation) to create electricity.

Answer 2

Wind power is a clean and renewable energy source that does not produce greenhouse gas emissions or air pollutants. It provides energy independence, reduces reliance on finite fossil fuels, and creates economic opportunities through job creation and investment in local communities. Additionally, wind power can help diversify the energy mix and contribute to a more sustainable future.