Post by Mehrtash Soltani, Ph.D

Location for #wind #turbines. Follow Mehrtash Soltani, PhD.🌐 and #mehrtashsoltani for more. Of all #renewable #energies, #windpower holds the most promise to make a significant impact on reducing carbon output. The #UK is the windiest area of #Europe. Commercial windpower, produced by turbines rated at between 1 – 2.5 MW, currently accounts for around 5 GW onshore and 2.5 GW offshore capacity in the UK (2012). The #Sustainable #Development Commission further estimates that a combination of onshore and offshore generation could theoretically produce a ‘practical’ maximum of 150,000 gigawatt hours. This figure is just less than half the 345,000 gigawatt hours consumed in the UK in 2005. Source: Greenspec.co.uk Credit: https://lnkd.in/ey74d9C #windturbine #windpower #renewableenergy #renewable #future #engineering #civilengineering #earth #atmosphere #energy #electricity #electricalengineering