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Alternative Energy - The Power of Wind to Reduce Peak Demands

By Daniel Stouffer

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So long as it is well understood how to construct and implement wind farms, this technology can greatly help boost manufacturing productions. Once the initial capital costs are already spent, the cost of generating electricity from wind energy is almost already negligible.

As part of a study on alternative energy solutions and sources, the Department of Energy has proposed to use wind power in generating up to 20% of our total needs. There are more than enough locations to install wind farms within the USA, requiring an approximate investment of $150 Billion a year.

Advocates of the plan suggest that if there'd be a legislation which will mandate local utilities to purchase generated power at regulated rates, it would essentially guarantee demand. If this is the case, there's enough reason to prioritize the project as part of the overall plan to lower greenhouse gas emissions from the current energy production activities of various enterprises.

So long as it is well understood how to construct and implement wind farms, this technology can greatly help boost manufacturing productions. Once the initial capital costs are already spent, the cost of generating electricity from wind energy is almost already negligible. It is therefore practical to implement wind farms as long as the demand is guaranteed through mandatory purchases to protect investment costs.

The static economic footprint will help stabilize the price of the other commodities in the market if wind power will become a big chunk of the total energy supply. Those who oppose wind plan say that it is intermittent and should be adopted in as wholesale in remedy of this flaw. In order to make it work, our regional distribution grids should be interconnected in such a way that productivity is leveled. The possibility, however, of manipulating distribution of generated electricity in a massive national grid is still a subject of study.

Other methods can be used to manage capacity requirements when demand is at peak through appropriate contracting and true implementation of smart grid that could help level off peak periods. It is not possible to account for a downturn in wind generated electricity because of weather conditions, it will be possible to reintroduce semi-mothballed carbon producing facilities of old, depending on the facilities' patterns of economic use.

Alternative energy must already be a priority concern as the pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and use of fossil fuels is already increasing. Whether or not it is feasible to implement wind energy in wholesale, it is still a significant contributor and would be very feasible as an alternative source of energy.

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