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Can the energy of Vert to provide mankind with energy
In 2011, the total number of energy produced by all wind turbines of the world was 430 terawatt, which is 2,5% of the total produced by humankind energy. A significant part of it. But on planet Earth there is a sufficient quantity of wind power to provide all human needs. What would happen if we could connect all the available wind?
Wind power or wind energy is the energy that converts the energy of air masses in the electrical, mechanical or any other required energy. This energy is renewable and unlike fossil fuels, wind energy is practically inexhaustible, available everywhere and more environmentally friendly.
Using the model to calculate potential wind energy researchers from the research Institute of the Carnegie (Carnegie Institution for Science) and Lawrence Livermore laboratory, the Lawrence (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), published their findings in the journal "Nature Climate Change" (Nature Climate Change).
According to Kate marvel, one of the coauthors of the study with Kane Caldeira and Ben Kravitz around us enough energy on the surface of the Earth and in the atmosphere to provide energy to the entire planet 100 times more at the current rate. Currently, human civilization uses about 18 terawatts of energy. According to the announced models wind turbine can produce about 400 terawatts of wind power from the lower layers of the atmosphere and about 1,800 terawatts from the upper atmosphere. Operation of the wind turbine 1 MW for 20 years allows to save about 29 thousand tons of coal or 92 thousand barrels of oil.
However, most likely, humanity will face by limiting the thus generated energy. Wind turbines work by way of creating resistance or slowing down, reducing the strength of the wind. If you set too a large number of turbines, then the wind will slow down significantly. Moreover, such changes in global wind circulation can affect climate (the previous study of this model revealed a risk of global changes in the distribution of precipitation during large "gathering" of wind power).
However, according to scientists, neither the problem of climate change will not threaten us for a very long, long time. Humanity can environmentally friendly to wind energy up to 2000 terawatt before face physical limits. This figure is 100 times bigger than the planet consumes at the moment.
The next step for scientists will study the adjustment of the technical capability of the landscape to the location of wind turbines. But at this point it's safe to say that if there is such rich possibility of providing humanity with amount of energy in times of surplus, after all the decision for the development of this area will be determined by the political, economic and technical constraints rather than by territorial borders.
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Wind power or wind energy is the energy that converts the energy of air masses in the electrical, mechanical or any other required energy. This energy is renewable and unlike fossil fuels, wind energy is practically inexhaustible, available everywhere and more environmentally friendly.
Using the model to calculate potential wind energy researchers from the research Institute of the Carnegie (Carnegie Institution for Science) and Lawrence Livermore laboratory, the Lawrence (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), published their findings in the journal "Nature Climate Change" (Nature Climate Change).
According to Kate marvel, one of the coauthors of the study with Kane Caldeira and Ben Kravitz around us enough energy on the surface of the Earth and in the atmosphere to provide energy to the entire planet 100 times more at the current rate. Currently, human civilization uses about 18 terawatts of energy. According to the announced models wind turbine can produce about 400 terawatts of wind power from the lower layers of the atmosphere and about 1,800 terawatts from the upper atmosphere. Operation of the wind turbine 1 MW for 20 years allows to save about 29 thousand tons of coal or 92 thousand barrels of oil.
However, most likely, humanity will face by limiting the thus generated energy. Wind turbines work by way of creating resistance or slowing down, reducing the strength of the wind. If you set too a large number of turbines, then the wind will slow down significantly. Moreover, such changes in global wind circulation can affect climate (the previous study of this model revealed a risk of global changes in the distribution of precipitation during large "gathering" of wind power).
However, according to scientists, neither the problem of climate change will not threaten us for a very long, long time. Humanity can environmentally friendly to wind energy up to 2000 terawatt before face physical limits. This figure is 100 times bigger than the planet consumes at the moment.
The next step for scientists will study the adjustment of the technical capability of the landscape to the location of wind turbines. But at this point it's safe to say that if there is such rich possibility of providing humanity with amount of energy in times of surplus, after all the decision for the development of this area will be determined by the political, economic and technical constraints rather than by territorial borders.
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