Wind power Report
Wind power uses large propellers, called turbines to generate electricity
as they are turned by the wind.
Currently there are 140 wind farms in the UK with 5 offshore.
Wind power is one of the safest of energy technologies and is renewable energy source.
Once built, they produce no carbon dioxide emissions.
They need to be built in open and windy areas and some people object to them because they spoil the countryside.
The UK is one of the windiest countries in Europe and there is great potential to produce at least a tenth of electricity from wind power by 2010.
- Read about these case studies
- Find out more from the British Wind Energy Association
- Google map on wind farms in the UK