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Wind turbines

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Pluses and minuses of Pluses and minuses of wind turbineswind turbines

Pros and consPros and cons

PLUSES:wind turbines don't emit harmful gases like carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide, they are really ecological and environmentally friendly, protect ecosystems,don’t pollution and degradation of soil like energy plants,wind turbins are safe for our health,wind turbines ,,make’’ a lot of energy.

MINUSES:wind turbines are really loud,have a bad effect on animals from nearby farms,the energy, which make wind urbines, is expensive,they are threat to birds and bats.

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Wind installation weights about 365t.

The largest producer of wind energy is China.

The total power of all wind turbines in the world is 282 gigawatts.

The largest wind farm is in Denmark. There are 80 wind turbines. They ,,make’’ energy for 180 thousands farms.

In 2012, the roughly 140 million megawatt-hours generated by wind energy avoided 79.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) — the equivalent of reducing power-sector CO2 emissions by 3.6% or removing 14 million cars from the roads.

Wind turbine costs about 300.000 euro.

Most wind turbines (95%) are installed on private land.

New investment in wind energy projects installed during 2012 amounted to $25 billion.

At times, wind power produces as much as 45% of the electricity in Spain.

By 2030, U.S. wind power will save nearly 30 trillion bottles of water.

A single wind turbine can power 500 homes.

Wind power is currently the fastest-growing source of electricity production in the world.

Modern wind turbines produce 15 times more electricity than the typical turbine did in 1990.

Unlike nearly every other form of energy, wind power uses virtually no water.

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