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Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Wind Power
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Aug 19 2015 06:05 PM | eds in Wind Power
10. Human civilizations have harnessed wind power for thousands of years.
9. Today’s wind turbine has as many as 8,000 different components.
8. Wind turbine blade can be up to 260 feet long.
7. Higher wind speeds mean more electricity.
6. U.S.A. wind energy industry currently employs more than 73,000 people.
5. U.S.A. offshore wind could provide, 4X the current electric power system.
4. Wind generates over a 1/3 of all newly installed energy since 2007.
3. U.S.A. generates over 65.8 giga-watts from Wind.
2. Wind energy costs as low as 2.35 cents per kilowatt-hour.
1. By 2050, the United States has the potential,
. . . to avoid the emission of more than 12.3 gigaton's of CO2 and
. . . save 260 billion gallons of water,
. . . by continuing to increase the amount of wind energy
08-19-2015 Source: Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Wind Power
9. Today’s wind turbine has as many as 8,000 different components.
8. Wind turbine blade can be up to 260 feet long.
7. Higher wind speeds mean more electricity.
6. U.S.A. wind energy industry currently employs more than 73,000 people.
5. U.S.A. offshore wind could provide, 4X the current electric power system.
4. Wind generates over a 1/3 of all newly installed energy since 2007.
3. U.S.A. generates over 65.8 giga-watts from Wind.
2. Wind energy costs as low as 2.35 cents per kilowatt-hour.
1. By 2050, the United States has the potential,
. . . to avoid the emission of more than 12.3 gigaton's of CO2 and
. . . save 260 billion gallons of water,
. . . by continuing to increase the amount of wind energy
08-19-2015 Source: Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Wind Power