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The BLM manages 20.6 million acres of public lands with wind potential. The BLM has authorized 39 wind energy development projects, including connected-action projects that include electric transmission support authorizations, with a total approved capacity of 5,557 megawatts, enough to supply the power needs of over 1.5 million homes. 

For more than a decade, wind energy has been the fastest growing energy technology worldwide, achieving an annual growth rate of over 30%. In the United States, the current total installed capacity is over 60,000 megawatts of wind projects.

Tidal power energy is still being studied and developed, but in the future it could be a major renewable hydropower energy source.

England, for example, could supply over 10 percent of its electricity in this way.

. Wind and solar energy generators convert much less.

It’s like buying vs. renting a home. Over the next 10 years a typical homeowner or small business will pay $18,000 to over $50,000 in electric bills, at rates that often increase faster than inflation. When you choose a Bergey wind system you take the same monthly expense and invest it in a tangible asset. Once your Bergey turbine is paid off, you will enjoy more money in your pocket every month for the next 20 – 40 years. Tax credits and rebates make it affordable. Small wind turbines qualify for a 30% federal tax credit and, for businesses, accelerated depreciation.  USDA grants are available for farmers, ranchers, and rural businesses.  Many states offer additional incentives (see www.dsireusa.org).  These incentives make owning a Bergey wind turbine surprisingly affordable.

In 2006, wind power supplied 0.6% of US electricity but reduced CO2 emission from electricity production by a full 1%.

What really matters is the cost to society. With current subsidy methods, it costs around 3¢/kWh

  One-Time Cost per kW Capacity (usage) Factor Fixed Cost per kWh Variable Cost per kWh Total Cost per kWh Gas Turbine $439 15% 5.2¢ 8.7¢ 13.9¢ Coal $1,338 90% 2.7¢ 1.9¢ 4.5¢ Nuclear $2,180 90% 4.3¢ 0.3¢ 4.6¢ Wind $1,254* 30% 7.5¢ 0.0¢ 7.5¢

When looking at a wind powered electric generator, many people see a permanent source of renewable electricity. The problem with this image is that wind generators have shorter life spans than the term “sustainable” would imply. Wooden windmills in Holland that used to power industrial machinery before the invention of steam engines were more durable than these picket lines of propellers along our Columbia Gorge. The composite material and rare earth chemicals they require are both perishable and costly to replace. More important, like fossil fuels, our planet has a finite supply of these materials. wind power is such an inefficient means of generating electricity that a world that seriously relied on it the way we do fossil fuels would run out of the limited resources needed to build and maintain them long before our present trends would exhaust our vast bounty of hydrocarbons.

Windmills were first used to grind grain anywhere from 2000 to 4000 years ago in ancient Persia or Babylon;

The initial use of wind power was by Egyptians in 3000 B.C. to move their sailboats.

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Waves are generated by winds blowing over the ocean surface.  Wave energy is effectively a stored and concentrated form of solar energy since the winds that produce them are caused by pressure differences in the atmosphere caused by the sun's differential heating of the earth's surface. Waves can efficiently transport energy for thousands of miles and retain their energy long after the winds that first created them have died down, which makes waves one of the most concentrated and consistent sources of renewable energy. 

Globally, the potential use of wave power is, unsurprisingly, limited to areas of the world where there are waves. On a global scale, this is dictated by global wind patterns, with the result that waves are more prevalent in the mid-latitudes (40-60(N/S), than nearer the equator where the lack of ocean wind is referred to as the 'doldrums'.  Interestingly, this potential for wave power contrasts with that of solar power, which is more effective in lower latitudes

For hundreds of years mankind has been making use of the energy and power generated by wind. Whether it has been to travel the world, manufacture products, or in the modern age to generate electricity, wind has provided the means. And while there have been dozens of different methods over the years, new technology is still being invented to make even further use of this ancient power source.

Windmills were one of the second most widespread uses of Wind energy. The variety of uses that Windmills were put to included grinding grain, as well as pumping water, up until the industrial revolution where the Windmill was mostly replaced by the steam engine.

Wind turbines are responsible for the deaths of between 10,000 and 40,000 birds each year, according to the American Bird Conservancy.

the Altamont Pass site kills the largest number of birds - about 4,700 each year

The American Wind Energy Association contends Wind turbines are far less lethal to birds than other man-made structures, such as Windows (responsible for more than 100 million deaths each year in the U.S.) and power lines (between 130 million and 174 million), or than cats, which remain the number one bird killer.

Wind energy releases no pollution into the air or water, and does not contribute to global warming

"on average, each MWh of electricity generated in the U.S. results in the emission of 1,341 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2)

his avoided CO2 equals over 1.8 million tons of carbon, enough to fill 180 trains, each 100 cars long, with each car holding 100 tons of carbon every year."

The first tidal power station was the Rance tidal power plant built over a period of 6 years from 1960 to 1966 at La Rance, France.[8] It has 240 MW installed capacity.

Historically, tide mills have been used, both in Europe and on the Atlantic coast of North America. The incoming water was contained in large storage ponds, and as the tide went out, it turned waterwheels that used the mechanical power it produced to mill grain. [1] The earliest occurrences date from the Middle Ages, or even from Roman times.[2][3] It was only in the 19th century that the process of using falling water and spinning turbines to create electricity was introduced in the U.S. and Europe.[

The terms 'wind energy' describe the procedure by which wind is employed to produce mechanical power or electricity.