EQ: How does the use of renewable and nonrenewable resources affect our ongoing energy crisis?

• EQ: How does the use of renewable and nonrenewable resources affect our ongoing energy crisis?

• LT: I can explain the environmental consequences of the various methods of obtaining, transforming, and distributing energy.POU: I will understand that there are different types of fuels with different environmental impacts. I will explain the Pros & Cons of Wind Energy.

• • Warm Up• Wind Energy PPT

Warm Up 1/28/14Voices are at “0”

1.What are the two categories of solar energy?

3rd Quarter Table of Contents 1

Title Assignment #

Alternative Energy Notes 2Solar /Wind Energy Notes 3

Wind EnergyBasics

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History of Wind Energy, Types of Turbines, and

Applications of Wind Energy

“Windmills have fascinated us for centuries and will continue to do so. Like campfires or falling water, they’re mesmerizing; indeed, entrancing.”

Paul Gipe, Wind Power for Home, Farm, & Business

Wind Energy has been Popular for a long time

The pilgrims arrived under the power of wind. Cape Cod was home to the first windmill in America. Wind helped fuel our country’s early economy.

Early “WINDMILL” in Afghanistan (900AD)

Dutch Style Windmills used for 100s of years across the World

Water Pumping Windmills helped settle the American

West

Early Electric Wind Turbines helped Electrify Remote Farms in the early 1900’s

Birth of the Modern Wind Turbine

Smith-Putnam 1.25 MW TurbineVermont, 1940's

California Wind Turbines 1980’s

Types of Electricity Generating Windmills

Small (10 kW)•Homes•Farms•Remote Applications (e.g. water

pumping, telecom sites, icemaking)

Large (250 kW - 2+MW)

•Central Station Wind Farms

•Distributed Power

Intermediate (10-250 kW)•Village Power•Hybrid Systems•Distributed

Power

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Parts of a Wind Turbine

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Wind Turbine Perspective

Nacelle56 tons

Tower3 sections

Workers Blade112’ long

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Helicopter Serving a power line

Wide Sweep

231 ft.231 ft.

211 ft.211 ft.

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Demo: Teeny Tiny Turbine

What is Wind Power Used For?

Wind Turbine ApplicationsGenerating electricity at Remote SitesProducing electricity in parallel with utilityWater Pumping

Wind Farms

Offshore Wind

Why do We NeedNew Energy Sources?

Drivers for Wind Power

Rising Fuel Price and UncertaintyDeclining Wind CostsFederal and State Policies & IncentivesLocal Economic DevelopmentEnvironmental StewardshipEnergy SecurityConsumer Demand

Two 800 Pound Gorillas

Climate Crisis

Oil Crisis

Two major issues that your generation are being left to deal with

Climate Crisis

Oil Crisis

Wind Energy as a GREAT Resource

Wind is Fastest Growing Energy Source Wind is Fastest Growing Energy Source

US Installed Wind CapacityUS Installed Wind Capacity

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Concerns about Wind Energy

Some Concerns about Wind(that can be addressed with proper information)

Visual / AestheticProperty ValuesNoiseBirdsSafetyAre benefits real?

Carnage!

Are the benefits real?• Back up Power?

– Turbines do not require any new back up generation or spinning reserves.

• Emission reductions?– Wind energy is accepted on the

grid before any other source when it is available, offsetting the need for more polluting sources. Each MWh of wind is one less MWh of electricity from a fossil fuel plant

• Economics?– Wind provides long-term price

stability and is competitive with today’s energy costs. Economic benefit is realized by whoever buys (and sells) the power.

We should not compare wind energy to no wind energy

Need to Change Perceptions…

Questions???

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Brainpop: Wind EnergyTime: 3:40 minutes

Energizer – We will go over the quiz question by marching or waving hands

1.We will slash the trash for 2 answers2.Then you will Silently make a decision about

the other two by either marching in place or waving your hands