Report of Wind Energy
Rights of nature are things that nature should have. In simple terms, these are some of the things that the human being should do on the earth without the affecting the environment negatively. This kind of ‘rights’ should be implemented to help and the current alarming a rate of devastation. There are several factors that affect the nature of the environment. These include; global warming, the industrial revolution, among others. They are the negative impacts on the environment that violates the rights of nature. Global warming is an occurrence that is caused by the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. These rising levels of CO2 result from the industrialization of a place. The factories and industries emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and this raises the level of temperature in the world (May and Daly, 2)
The effects of global warming include the melting of the ice in the tropics and the general rise in temperatures across the globe. In such situation, the industrial revolution has caused the disturbance on nature. Moreover, when other human activities are implemented, such as felling of trees for burning charcoal or as firewood, overgrazing, mining, etc., they cause the destruction of the formal nature. Nature is deprived of its rights. To mitigate these, people and organizations are called upon to consider these rights. People should work together in maintaining the nature of the environment. This can be achieved through planting trees, preserving forests and water catchment areas, keeping correct animal stock, minimizing industrial processes that yield CO2, etc. other appropriate ways include the adoption of renewable resources of energies such as the wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal and biomass. These are resources that cannot be easily depleted ("Global Warming and the Environment" 62-62)
Wind technology
Wind energy is derived from a moving wind. This energy is normally harvested using wind turbines and wind mills for various applications. Some of the wind energy applications include; rotating turbines to generate electricity, drying grains, pumping water, etc. This kind of energy is a renewable resource, and hence, its use cannot be depleted easily. By 2007, the US government has installed over 5,200 MW of wind energy and much power capacity was expected by the subsequent year. The cumulative installed by 2007 was 16,596 MW. The rate of growth of this in energy in the US is 20% while in Europe it is slightly higher by 10% over the past decade (Westwood 20)
The modern turbines that are being used across the world today have rotors with three blades and having the diameters of 70 to 80 m that are mounted on top of towers of 60 to 90 m high. This kind of turbine can produce about 1.5 MW of power. The rotating blades control the turbine output. The direction of rotation is along their axis to change the angle of attack relative to the wind when the blades are rotating about the rotor hub. The yaw control is achieved by rotating the nacelle about the tower to point the turbine in the direction of the wind. The sensors that are located on the nacelle will communicate to the controller where to direct the turbine. Again, a combination of the sensors and the drive train will ensure a controlled power output and rotor speed. The minimum speed of wind needed to generate the energy is 5.4 m/s and the maximum is 12.5 m/s. At a speed of 26.8 m/s, the blades will come out, but the pitch is used in controlling the speed of rotation.
The advantages of wind energy include; requires a simple structure for installation, energy source is renewable and the energy derived is clean compared to petroleum sources. However, the cost of installation is high compared to other energy sources. Wind energy harvesting requires specific locations where the threshold wind speed can be attained (Ackermann, 315-374)
Work Cited
Acceptance of Constitutionally Entrenched Environmental Rights". SSRN Electronic Journal n. pag. Web.
Ackermann, T. "Wind Energy Technology and Current Status: A Review". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 4.4 (2000): 315-374. Web.
May, James and Erin Daly. "Vindicating Fundamental Environmental Rights: Judicial "Global Warming and the Environment". Contexts 3.4 (2004): 62-62. Web.
Westwood, Adam. "Wind in the USA". Refocus 8.3 (2007): 20. Web.
