Wind Energy
Harnessing the
power of the wind and using it to our ends is hardly a new idea. Windmills
have been and still are used for many different purposes and have been for
a great many years, but the improvement of turbines combined with the
improved technology to turn the motion of turbine blades into an energy
source has seen the use of turbines explode.
Wind power is very popular, but in order to provide a reasonable amount of
power it may prove necessary to have large amounts of turbines. On windy
days, and even not so windy days some turbines make a noise that many
residents consider to be unbearable. Areas of open countryside are
protected by conservation orders, which means they can’t be built there
either and if there is no conservation order there are still protestors
willing to do almost anything to stop the turbines being built. The only
viable option left is to use offshore wind farms and these are being
investigated, developed and planned all around the world but it takes too
many turbines to create a reasonable amount of power and eventually they
will have to be built inland; a matter that will be contested wherever the
wind farms are proposed to be built.