Question

Visit a windmill with your friends and teacher. Ask the person incharge to show you how energy is generated from the windmill and observe the following points:

1. How many windmills are working?
2. How much electricity is generated per day from the windmill frames installed?
3. How windmill depends upon weather conditions?
4. Electricity generated from windmill is different in what aspects from electricity generated from power plants?
5. How this electricity is distributed in far-flung areas?
6. To what end-uses this electricity can be put?

Answer 1

1. There are 15 windmills working out of a total of 25 at the site.
2. Each windmill generates about 2 MW per day, so 30 MW is produced from 15 working windmills.
3. Windmills depend on wind speed; they generate best at 10 - 20 mph and stop during very high winds or no wind.
4. Wind energy is renewable, clean, and doesn’t produce pollution, unlike fossil fuel-based power plants.
5. Wind energy is renewable, clean, and doesn’t produce pollution, unlike fossil fuel-based power plants.
6. The electricity is fed into the national grid and distributed via high-voltage power lines.
7. It powers homes, industries, agriculture, and commercial establishments.