Wind speed and direction is a result of high and low pressure areas in the atmosphere.

 Wind power is an interesting renewable energy source as wind turbines can essentially be placed anywhere geographically where there is ample wind to turn the wind blades.

One thing that we haven't written about extensively on the MyEnergySolution.com blog is wind power.  Wind power is an interesting renewable energy source as wind turbines can essentially be placed anywhere geographically where there is ample wind to turn the wind blades.

o put this in context, an average U.S. household uses about 10 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity each year. One megawatt of installed wind energy from a single large turbine can generate from 2,400 to more than 3,000 MWh annually – enough to power about 250 homes.

And since the wind is free, operational costs are nearly zero once a turbine is erected.

Globally, generation more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2006.

n the energy-hungry United States, a single megawatt is enough electricity to power about 250 homes.