Advantages and disadvantages of wind energy
- how is wind power formed
- how is wind power produced
- how is wind power generated
- how is wind power used
Wind power plant.
Wind power
Electrical power generation from wind
"Wind energy" redirects here. For the academic journal, see Wind Energy (journal).
Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work.
Wind energy examples
Historically, wind power was used by sails, windmills and windpumps, but today it is mostly used to generate electricity. This article deals only with wind power for electricity generation. Today, wind power is generated almost completely with wind turbines, generally grouped into wind farms and connected to the electrical grid.
In 2022, wind supplied over 2,304 TWh of electricity, which was 7.8% of world electricity.[1] With about 100 GW added during 2021, mostly in China and the United States, global installed wind power capacity exceeded 800 GW.[2][3][4] 32 countries generated more than a tenth of their electricity from wind power in 2023 and wind generation has nearly tripled since 2015.[1] To help meet the Paris Agreement goals to limit climate change, analysts say it should expand much faster – by over 1% of electricity ge
- how is wind power made
- how is wind power created