WINDFARMS

Wind energy is another option as a renewable energy. Wind power is changed to electricity by wind turbines.

The places where wind turbines are located together are called ‘wind farms’.

There are so many wind farms around There are so many wind farms around the world. The question is where are they? And how effective are they?

Where are they?There are 22,039 wind farms around the world, located in 6 continents, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Countries that have wind farms are shown in the figure.

There are two places where the farms are There are two places where the farms are located on, onshore and offshore. On-shore farms are the farms located on the lands, and vice versa for the offshore.

the Top 10 wind farm countriesThe top 10 countries that own the most wind farms in the world.

1st Germany (7,378 farms)2nd Denmark (3042 farms)3rd United States (1284 farms)4th Spain (1183 farms)5th China (1141 farms)

6th France (1013 farms)7th Sweden (985 farms)8th United Kingdom (843 farms)9th Netherlands (616 farms)10th India (589 farms)

the Effectiveness of farmsGlobal Wind Power Cumulative Capacity, according to data by the Global Wind Energy Council, is the summation of effectiveness of the farms around the globe. The GWPCC in the last year, 2013, was 318.1 Gigawatts. The most effective onshore farm is Alta (United States), 1,320 MW current capacity. On the other hand, London Array (United King-dom), 630 MW current capacity, is the most effective offshore farm.

The map base on Snipahar’s ‘Artistic Map-Making Template’ on snipahar.deviantart.comReferences: thewindpower.net, terra-genpower.com, kentnews.co.uk, gwec.net

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