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The first known US wind turbine for electricity production was built in 1888 by Charles Brush to power his Ohio mansion. There are two primary types of wind turbines: horizontal-axis and vertical-axis. Horizontal-axis turbines are the most common with two or three blades attached to each turbine. The environmental impact of wind power is relatively minor compared to fossil fuels, with wind turbines having one of the lowest global warming potentials per unit of energy generated. Onshore wind farms can impact landscapes and wildlife through habitat loss and increased bird deaths. In 1839, Alexandre Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect explaining how electricity can be generated from sunlight. Solar power converts sunlight into thermal or electrical energy through

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Article 1: Wind Turbine

The first known US wind turbine for electricity production was built in 1888 by Charles Brush to power his Ohio mansion. There are two primary types of wind turbines: horizontal-axis and vertical-axis. Horizontal-axis turbines are the most common with two or three blades attached to each turbine. The environmental impact of wind power is relatively minor compared to fossil fuels, with wind turbines having one of the lowest global warming potentials per unit of energy generated. Onshore wind farms can impact landscapes and wildlife through habitat loss and increased bird deaths. In 1839, Alexandre Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect explaining how electricity can be generated from sunlight. Solar power converts sunlight into thermal or electrical energy through

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ARTICLE 1

WIND TURBINE
1888: The first known US wind turbine created for electricity production is built by
inventor Charles Brush to provide electricity for his mansion in Ohio.

Wind turbines come in several sizes, with small-scale models used for
providing ​electricity​ to rural homes or cabins and ​community​-scale models used for
providing electricity to a small number of homes within a community. At industrial scales,
many large turbines are collected into wind farms located in rural areas or offshore. The
term ​windmill​, which typically refers to the conversion of ​wind energy​ into power for
milling or pumping, is sometimes used to describe a wind ​turbine​. However, the term ​wind
turbine​ is widely used in mainstream references to ​renewable energy​

TYPES

There are two primary types of wind turbines used in implementation of wind energy
systems: ​horizontal-axis wind turbines​ (HAWTs) and vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs).
HAWTs are the most commonly used type, and each turbine possesses two or three blades
or a disk containing many blades (multi bladed type) attached to each turbine. VAWTs are
able to harness wind blowing from any direction and are usually made with blades that
rotate around a vertical pole.
IMPACTS:

The ​environmental impact​ of ​wind power​ is relatively minor when compared to that
of ​fossil fuel power​. Compared with other ​low carbon power​ sources, wind turbines have
one of the lowest ​global warming potentials​ per unit of electrical energy generated out of
any power source. , in assessments of the ​life-cycle global warming potential of energy
sources​, wind turbines have a ​median​ value of between 15 and 11 depending on whether
offshore or onshore turbines are being assessed.​ ​Onshore ​wind farms​ can have significant
impacts on the landscape, as typically they need to be spread over more land than other
power stations and need to be built in wild and rural areas, which can lead to

​ abitat loss and fragmentation are the


industrialization of the countryside and ​habitat loss​,​ H
greatest impacts of wind farms on wildlife. Wind turbines, like many other human activities
and buildings, also increase the death rate of aviary creatures.

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ARTICLE 2
SOLAR ENERGY

In ​1839 Alexandre Edmond Becquerel​ discovered the photovoltaic effect which explains
how electricity can be generated from sunlight.

Solar power is energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy.
Solar energy is the cleanest and most abundant renewable energy source available, and the
U.S. has some of the richest solar resources in the world. Solar technologies can harness
this energy for a variety of uses, including generating electricity, providing light or a
comfortable interior environment, and heating water for domestic, commercial, or
industrial use.

HOW SOLAR IS USED​?

Solar energy​ is a very flexible energy technology: it can be built as ​distributed


generation​ (located at or near the point of use) or as a central-station, ​utility-scale solar
power plant​ (similar to traditional power plants). Both of these methods can also store the
energy they produce for distribution after the sun sets, using cutting edge ​solar + storage
technologies​. Solar exists within a complex and interrelated electricity system in the U.S.,
working alongside other technologies like wind power to transition the U.S. to a clean
energy economy.
All of these applications depend on supportive policy frameworks at the local, state and
federal level to ensure consumers and businesses have fair access to clean energy
technologies like solar.
​DON HONORIO VENTURA STATE UNIVERSITY

SCIENCE 9 

ENERGY SOURCES 

SUBMITTED BY:​ Mico Andrei C. Sunglao

​SUBMITTED TO​: Rodel T. Alimurong


IMPACTS:

Solar energy decreases greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gases, which are produced
when fossil fuels are burned, lead to rising global temperatures and climate change. One
home installing a solar energy system can help a lot in our environment because theydo
not produce air pollution, water pollution, or greenhouse gases. Using solar energy can
have a positive, indirect effect on the environment when solar energy replaces or reduces
the use of other energy sources that have larger effects on the environment.

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