Wind Power

For many centuries wind has been used as a reliable source of energy. It is clean and inexhaustible. Wind is used to make the job of a human simpliar. It is used for grinding grain, pumping water, and to enable sail boats to move. Though often the amount of wind power varies depending on the climate of an area. Although wind power is only used in selected areas the recent interest in fuel conservation has …

…places in oahu, Hawaii. The term “wind farm” is used for a large number of wind mills, that are clusters at a site with a moderately constant wind, These are generally near mountain passes. With in the united states wind farms appear in New Hampshire, California, and Hawaii. At these sites the machine capacities range from 10 to 500 kilowatts. In 1984 the total energy output of all the wind farms in the united states exceeded 150 million kilowatt-hours.