Study: Wind power soared in 2006
The wind power industry made big strides last year, according to a Worldwatch Institute report released late Thursday.
15,200 megawatts of new wind turbines were installed around the world last year, representing a 26 percent jump in global wind power capacity, according to the study.
By year's end, total wind power capacity exceeded 74,200 megawatts, enough to offset 43 million tons of carbon dioxide, the institute said.
Germany, Spain and the United States are currently the world's top wind power producers, putting out 60 percent of the global total, but the report says the alternative energy winds are shifting eastward. India and China were No. 3 and No. 5, respectively, in a list of countries installing new wind turbines. Senior Researcher Janet Sawin predicts the U.S. and China will compete for the top spot in window power output in the coming years.
You can access more details from the report at the Worldwatch Institute's Web site here.
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74,200 Megawatts taken out of the earth's natural windflow
assuming 100% efficient conversion. Question: How many
megawatts can you take out of the wind before you start to change
the climate?
quirk of aerodynamics or aerodynamics combined with moisture
evaporation/condensation that will act to change the winds they
depend on? I wonder if any simulations have been done.
Also, on a related note, I have noticed that solar cells are about
the color of asphalt. I wonder if they turn the sunlight that is not
converted into electricity into heat as efficiently as asphalt does?
Is there any implication for global warming enhancement? I
suppose it depends on the reflectivity of whatever was there
before you installed the solar panels.
to cooling?
whole system, the kinetic energy taken out matches that which
shows up as a temperature increase at the point where the energy
is used, which is not all that far from the wind turbines generally.
So it's probably a wash from that standpoint, the only question is if
you get enough wind turbines in an area, do they change the winds
enough to affect their own operations in some way?
All this has me thinking about alternate power sources to drive the little 15W box and really reduce my energy footprint.
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