Wind Power

WIND POWER SHOULD BE ADOPTED AS ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF ENERGY

Introduction

Wind power is one of the viable alternative sources of energy . Energy has become the most important resource driving the world economic systems and energy sufficiency is a major concern for any country whether developed or developing . Since the turn of 20th century , the dominant source of energy in the world has been fossil fuels . To many countries , endowment with fossil fuel has been a blessing and a curse For those countries not endowed in fossil fuel , the cost of meeting

br their annual energy demand has been strenuous , enormous , and in some cases , it has hampered economic growth especially in the developing world . Fossil fuel is non renewable and there are fears that the current level of demand may soon dwindle the discovered reserves , which will plunge the world in energy crisis and come with devastating effect on the world economic system . With such fears in mind , most countries have been working to develop alternative sources of energy , mostly utilizing the renewable sources like water , sun , wind , and others . Wind energy is one of the viable alternatives that have been put to use in different parts of the world . Wind energy encompasses conversion of wind energy into useful form of energy like electricity through use of wind turbines . Despite its viability , wind energy has not been fully utilized as alternative source of energy . According to the 2008 data wind energy contributed only 1 .5 of total world electricity output...