Wind Power Benefits and Drawbacks
Residential wind turbines are a great way to generate energy, thanks to advancements seen in recent years. New materials and advancements in technology have enabled newer designs for residential wind turbines, which in turn generate even more energy from less wind than ever before. The sheer variety of sizes and styles of residential wind turbines now available means that interested consumers are certain to find a unit to meet their needs.
Benefits
Everlasting energy
We’ll never run out of wind (though the same can’t be said about some other energy sources). As long as we take the steps to harness it, the wind will keep on being a source of energy. Fossil fuels are much more limited by comparison. Oil and natural gas supplies are not permanent. One day, they’ll be gone. Wind energy isn’t affected by supply and demand in the same way – it will always be cheap and plentiful, unlike fossil fuels.
Free power
You don’t need to pay per use for wind energy, which unfortunately isn’t the case with oil or natural gas. Wind power is free in perpetuity after you’ve installed a wind generator. Residential wind turbines can enable you to generate all of your own energy, so won’t ever have to pay for electricity again.
Zero pollution
In addition to monetary costs, you can also forget about environmental costs by using wind power. The same can’t be said of fossil fuels, which constitute a huge threat to the environment in current usage quantities. Switching to wind power is perhaps the best way to reduce your carbon footprint.
Forget about foreign oil
It’s often said these days that dependence on foreign oil is a major problem for our country with regard to both security and economics. Electricity produced by wind turbines directly replaces energy that comes from foreign oil, and therefore it can make a big difference in terms of reducing dependence.
Energy 24/7
Wind power can be produced at any time of day or night and regardless of weather conditions, in contrast to solar power. As useful as solar panels are, they have the disadvantage of only working with sunny conditions. This means that, with solar panels, it’s probable that you’ll still be required to buy in electricity from a power company. These limitations don’t apply to wind energy.
Any home configuration works
Also, even if the sun is shining, solar panels have to have the proper exposure to the sun in order to work at peak efficiency. In other words, a lot of homes are essentially inappropriate for solar panels, as they either have too much surrounding shade, or not enough roof exposure. A wind turbine will produce power regardless of any of these factors. Wind turbines are also more efficient in terms of use of space than solar panels are.
Disadvantages
Startup cost
Make no mistake: a wind generator is a major investment. The money you’ll save from using the electricity generated by your own wind generator, though, is more than enough to make up for the initial cost. What’s more, you can make a significant dent in that cost by building your own wind generator, which many people do. If you’re interested Check out Wind Generator Kit.
Height requirement
In order to be exposed to enough wind to produce to their maximum potential in terms of power, larger wind turbines [needhave] to be mounted at a certain height. It might be necessary to mount the turbine at a significant height depending on the level of surrounding buildings and trees. Wind turbine users who live in areas with a lot of tall buildings or trees sometimes find it necessary to mount the generators on towers. The HOA permits or approvals that are likely necessary in order to do this can increase the up-front cost of installing a wind generator. But, once again, constructing home made wind turbine may help with the costs.
Consistent wind needed
Consistent wind is a must in order to produce a truly significant amount of electricity from a wind generator. Especially windy areas are ideal. This means that wind power can be generated most efficiently in locations with relatively few buildings or trees. This means that, basically, the types of locations where it’s not even necessary to consider putting your wind turbine on a tower are the ideal locations for wind generators anyway. One of the guides mentioned above will tell you how to build a wind turbine.
The above are the main characteristics that make wind power unique. In most cases, the advantages appear to outweigh the disadvantages. As wonderful as solar power is, even it isn’t in the same league as wind energy in terms of producing consistent, high levels of power. The characteristic disadvantages of solar are, in some ways, the strengths of wind power. The startup cost is the only problem that both solar and wind power face. However, this expense can be mitigated by building your own wind generator.
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