Energy 101: Wind Turbines
See how wind turbines generate clean electricity from the power of the wind. Highlighted are the various parts and mechanisms of a modern wind turbine.
Comments
-
Khalid Mohamed
-
Wow, nice presentation this helped me on my wind energy essay.
-
cool.. (° ͜ʖ ͡° )
-
༼ つ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ༽つ
-
Um what
-
how does wind energy pumps electrical power generation?
-
oh
-
what kind of electricity that wind turbin produce? ac or dc? can we combine it with PV?
-
This sort of thing has come to bite us in the butt before, so: With wind turbines proliferating, anyone wonder what could be the effect of extracting kinetic energy from the atmosphere? Long term maybe. Cause and effect 'n all.
-
can you put some high pitch noise to signal birds to look and avoid crashing into the blades? Hundreds of dead birds lay on the ground as foxes, coyotes, rats, racoons, and bear await the next meal.
-
Let's not get too happy about wind turbines as a "green" solution to anything. They are being placed in too many landscapes where they don't belong, and landscapes are a big part of environmental aesthetics. I see the mass proliferation of wind turbines as a mistake rivaling AGW itself. People are obsessed with "building big" and it's just not compatible with a rural quality of life.
-
Clean energy is the way of the future
-
cool
-
I think the infrasound is the worst. You cannot always hear it, but it will give you headaches that will make you want to put a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger. It's constant, never goes away. You cannot concentrate, you wither away.
It is hell. Not everybody experiences this. But the unlucky few will go through HELL. -
Somebody is making a hell of a lot of money by conning a very gullible public into believing that the giant Wind Turbines actually work. They don't. They require power from the national grid to keep them going and cannot operate when there is too much wind! Arguing the case against them is nowadays a bit like religious heresy but as the old tale goes "The King has no clothes on". assisted by some in politics who seek to benefit in one form or another from the destruction of our countryside by these ever expanding monoliths (in Britain things like this were once called "Follies" ). It reminds me a little of a programme discussing electric cars. How much cleaner they were, and didn't use any nasty fuels. Someone asked "How do you recharge them?" Answer "You plug them in at a gas station for example" The confused retort "But surely that electricity comes from all those nasty power stations? " There was no further answer provided.
-
It's fascinating that people believe building these things will save the known universe. They rely on diesel back up generators for goodness sake.
-
is it okay if i use a clip from this in a video i'm doing for school? I'll credit you
-
why don't we have more of these?
-
Hi JMC porshe,
I agree that the output of energy from traditional nuclear power is not efficient when compared to the amount of hazardous waste produced. In retrospect, many people are unaware that there has been another type of nuclear tech used primarily by Germany that is more efficient and can store more than an entire 40year lifecycle of waste on site. This technology has been around since traditional nuclear power but has higher upfront costs, but based on the reduction of waste and the fact it is virtually impossible for the system to meltdown; I feel the cost is somewhat mitigated. So what is this Technology? It is called Pebble Bed Reactors (PBR) and the system does not produce enough heat to reach the critical temp threshold, as well as, it is a dual source as it also turns turbines from the channeled heat produced instead of traditional steam. Check it out yourself! -
Good information for the basic learners about wind energy
2m 17sLenght
697Rating