Wind energy is a kind of energy available to human beings due to the work done by air currents and is a renewable energy source.
The kinetic energy of airflow is called wind energy.
The higher the velocity of airflow, the higher the kinetic energy.
People can use windmills to convert the kinetic energy of the wind into a rotating motion to drive a generator to generate electricity.
As of 2008, wind power generated 94.1 million kilowatts of electricity worldwide, supplying more than 1% of the world's electricity use.
Although wind energy is not yet a major source of energy for most countries, it has grown more than fourfold between 1999 and 2005.
Wind energy is abundant, widely distributed, and clean with a moderating greenhouse effect.
It exists within a certain area of the earth's surface.
The average wind energy density profile derived from long-term measurements, surveys, and statistics is called the basis of energy utilization within this area and is usually marked on maps by energy density lines.
The history of human use of wind energy can be traced back to pre-Western times.
However, for thousands of years, the development of wind energy technology was slow and did not attract enough attention.
But since the world oil crisis in 1973, under the double pressure of conventional energy emergency and global ecological environment degradation, wind energy as part of the new energy has regained significant development.
Wind energy as a non-polluting and renewable new energy has great potential for development.
Especially for coastal islands, remote mountainous areas with poor transportation, and grassland pastures with a sparse population, it is of great importance.
Wind energy is a reliable way to solve the problem of production and living energy.
Even in developed countries, wind energy is increasingly valued as an efficient and clean source of new energy.
For example, the U.S. Department of Energy has investigated that the wind energy density in Texas and South Dakota alone is sufficient to supply the entire U.S. with electricity.
The wind is a natural phenomenon on the earth, which is caused by the heat radiated from the sun.
The sun shines on the earth's surface, and different parts of the earth's surface are heated differently, resulting in temperature differences, thus causing the convective movement of the atmosphere to form the wind.
Wind energy is the kinetic energy of the air, the size of wind energy is determined by the wind speed and the density of the air.
The main form of wind energy utilization is the conversion of kinetic energy, which is present in the movement of the atmosphere, into other forms of energy.
The wind is the horizontal movement of the air, the air produces movement, mainly due to the different intensities of solar radiation received at various latitudes on the earth and formed.
This difference in temperature between high latitudes and low latitudes creates a pressure gradient between the north and the south, which causes the air to move horizontally.
Wind power is used on large-scale wind farms and in locations where the electricity supply is isolated, making a significant contribution to local livelihoods and development.