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In order to have a discussion of Florida wind power, the interested needs to understand the background and science of wind technology. We will provide a bit of background and then attempt to explain why Florida wind power is falling behind other states. At this time, Florida ranks 47th among U.S. States in the production of electric energy. Wind power is the transforming of wind energy into a form we can use, such as electricity, using wind generators. At the end of 2008, global production by wind-powered generators was 120.8 gigawatts. Wind energy has historically been used directly to propel sailboats or converted into mechanical power for pumping water or crushing grain, but the primary application of wind power these days is the production of electricity. Enormous wind turbine collectives are normally attached to the local electric power grid, with lower capacity wind generators providing electricity to the most rural locations. Utility providers increasingly buy back excess electricity generated by the lower capacity domestic wind generators. Wind generated power as an energy source is a favorite of many environmentalists as an alternative to fossil fuels, as it is everywhere, renewable, widely distributed, non-toxic, and has less greenhouse emissions, although the building of wind generating collectives is not always met with open arms due to their visual impact and other effects on the Eco-system. The inconsistency of wind doesn't create difficulties when using wind generators to provide a small percentage of actual usage. When wind is to be used for a larger percentage of community usage, higher costs for compensation of inconsistency are believed to be modest. Recently, the United States has added more wind generated capacity to it's grid than any other country; U.S. wind power capacity increased by 45% to 16.8 gigawatts in 2007 then surpassing the German nameplate capacity in 2008. California was one of the leaders of the modern wind generation industry, and has led America in generating capacity for many years; however, by the end of 2006, Texas became the leading state in wind generation and continues to extend its lead. At the end of 2008, the state had 7,116 MW installed, which would rank it sixth worldwide if the state were a separate country. Sadly, Florida has not kept pace with these gains. The best resources in the industry agree that Florida wind power is not commercially feasible due to the unstable wind conditions. The one site that is under construction is admittedly a political gambit and most experts have determined that the best conditions in Florida would not be considered as viable sites in any state that has wind farms. On the positive note, this doesn't mean that individual homeowners cannot incorporate wind generators into a system to reduce their dependence on commercially generated electricity. The total quantity of economically extractable potential energy available from the wind is considerably more than existing human power use from all sources. An estimated 72 terawatts of wind power on the Earth potentially can be commercially viable, compared to about 15 terawatts average global power consumed from all sources in 2005. These numbers are in spite of the fact that not all the potential energy of the wind flowing past a given point can be recovered. It is important to mention that there are diy guides available that allow almost anyone to construct a quality wind generator with readily available components at a very reasonable cost. The author has always had a curiosity about the science involved with alternative forms of energy, he writes on this subject frequently. His website provides good information on a variety of alternative energy solutions. http://diyenergy.newagelinx.com/review.html ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
