Advantages and Disadvantages of Wind Energy

Is named wind power (from the Greek word Aeolus, god of the wind in classical mythology) to the use of the force of the wind to obtain electricity, that is, to the transformation of Kinetic energy of the air masses in electric power usable by society.

Wind energy is generated through wind turbines arranged in installations connected to large electrical distribution networks. When the wind blows strongly, it moves the blades of the generators (also called wind turbines) and electricity is produced through an alternator. In this sense, wind turbines use the same ancestral principle of the mills with which the grain is crushed and the cereals.

These facilities or wind farms are located in places where the wind blows intensely and constantly, such as the coast (or the sea), the top of certain mountain ranges or the great plains. Faced with the contemporary need for energy sources that do not pollute the atmosphere, the installation of this type of power plant has become very common throughout the world.

Advantages of wind energy

The virtues or strengths of wind energy can be summarized as follows:

Disadvantages of wind power

The weaknesses or disadvantages of wind energy are the following:

References:

• "Wind energy" in Wikipedia.
• "Wind energy" in the Undersecretary of Electric Power of the Argentine Government.
• "What is eolic energy? The importance of the wind as a renewable” by Teresa Andrés Blanco in BBVA.
• “Wind power (energy)” on The Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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