Power of the Wind
Power of the Wind is funded by a an Environmental Education Grant from Public Service Gas and Electric. The content of the project is the sole responsibility of the grant recipient.
Task 2. Where should wind farms be located?
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Power of the Wind Power of the Wind is funded by a an Environmental Education Grant from Public Service Gas and Electric. The content of the project is the sole responsibility of the grant recipient.
Task 2. Where should wind farms be located? |
Internet Resources To answer this question begin by reading the Wind Energy Fact Sheet. Make a list of conditions needed for efficient wind turbine operation. - Go Continue your information quest at Wind Web Tutorial: Offshore Wind. - Go Finally analyze the wind maps of New Jersey and identify locations that meet the criteria for wind farm placement. Explain the reason for your site selction. |
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New Jersey Wind Maps. Discussion of wind conditions in NJ.
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Acknowledgements
Lab based on information found in Green Teacher, issue 73, Spring 2004, The Power of Wind: It’ll Blow You Away…pp. 18-23
by Marcee Camenson and Michelle Finchum.
Background courtesy of grsites.com
Tehachapi, California wind farm photo courtesy of Al Crisalli, Jr.
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