how one community harnessed the wind and changed their world
Drummond, Allan
2011
Shares the true story of how the people on the Danish island of Sams? reduced their carbon emissions by 140 percent over the course of ten years by harnessing wind power.
An introduction to wind and water that discusses wind power and waterpower, natural disasters, erosion, and weather changes. Includes a glossary and an index.
Discusses how today's modern wind turbines have developed from the windmills of the past and how technology relating to wind power continues to develop.
Identifies renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy, focusing on wind power, explaining what it is, how it works, and its role in meeting the energy needs of the future.
Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions to complete twenty projects that teach about wind and its potential to be a powerful source of energy, including two-blade pinwheels and six-sail windmills.
An examination of wind power, explaining how wind is captured and converted to electricity, how it is used, the health effects of wind farms, how it affects wildlife, turbine safety, and other related topics.