Wind Energy Resources
The national renewable energy laboratory s wind prospector tool is a web based geographical information system that supports resource assessment and data exploration for wind development.
Wind energy resources. It features 10 minute time series wind data for 2004 2005 and 2006. This means that the kinetic energy in wind is a renewable energy resource. The global wind energy outlook projects that by 2030 wind energy will offset 2 5 billion tons per year of carbon. Florida is the fourth largest energy consuming state and it uses almost eight times as much energy as it produces.
There are three main types of wind energy. Wind prospector includes a data layer dedicated to the locations of u s. Wind turbines that range in size from 100 kilowatts to several megawatts where the electricity is delivered to the power grid and distributed to the end user by electric utilities or power system operators. Modern wind turbines are used to capture kinetic energy from the wind and generate electricity.
Isolated places such as farms may have their own wind generators. Wind energy is plentiful readily available and capturing its power does not deplete our valuable natural resources. As long as the sun. Wind turbine and component manufacturing and supply chain facilities.
Florida s many tourists contribute to the state having the third highest motor gasoline demand and sixth highest jet fuel use in the nation. The wind blows the blades of the turbine which are attached to a rotor. The turbines the city of fort lauderdale s first foray into wind energy went up in 2014 paid for with 221 000 of a 2 million federal energy efficiency grant the city received in 2009 they. In fact an environmental benefit to wind power is its ability to counter the detrimental effects of climate change.
Eastern wind data set provides energy professionals with a consistent set of wind profiles for the eastern united states. The propellors are large to extract energy from the largest possible volume of air. Wind energy the wind is produced as a result of large movements of air driven by energy from the sun. Wind energy or wind power is created using a wind turbine a device that channels the power of the wind to generate electricity.
Most wind farms in the uk are in cornwall or wales.