Wind Energy Posts

Windmills have been around for centuries, and come in all shapes and sizes. They have all sorts of purposes, but they all use the energy of the wind. Some power grinding stones, some power electric generators and some power water pumps. It wasn’t long ago that many rural farms used windmill energy to power water pumps. But the price of energy is on the rise and global pollution and energy conserva...

Electric energy from the wind, is it a breeze?  Certainly not.  It is however, attainable in quantities providing up to 20 percent of our national electric needs. That 20 percent, T. Boone Pickens says, is enough energy to replace all natural gas currently being used to produce electricity,which would in turn free up that domestic resource for use in transportation.Is it reliable?  ...