BURNDY HYDRAULIC PUMP

Windmill park Oosterhorn Delfzijl

Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, wind mills for mechanical power, wind pumps for pumping water or drainage, or sails to propel ships.
At the end of 2008, worldwide nameplate capacity of wind-powered generators was 121.2 gigawatts (GW), which is about 1.5% of worldwide electricity usage; and is growing rapidly, having doubled in the three years between 2005 and 2008. Several countries have achieved relatively high levels of wind power penetration, such as 19% of stationary electricity production in Denmark, 11% in Spain and Portugal, and 7% in Germany and the Republic of Ireland in 2008. As of May 2009, eighty countries around the world are using wind power on a commercial basis.
Large-scale wind farms are connected to the electric power transmission network; smaller facilities are used to provide electricity to isolated locations. Utility companies increasingly buy back surplus electricity produced by small domestic turbines. Wind energy as a power source is attractive as an alternative to fossil fuels, because it is plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean, and produces no greenhouse gas emissions. However, the construction of wind farms is not universally welcomed because of their visual impact and other effects on the environment.
Wind power is non-dispatchable, meaning that for economic operation, all of the available output must be taken when it is available. Other resources, such as hydropower, and standard load management techniques must be used to match supply with demand. The intermittency of wind seldom creates problems when using wind power to supply a low proportion of total demand.

Environmental effects
Compared to the environmental effects of traditional energy sources, the environmental effects of wind power are relatively minor. Wind power consumes no fuel, and emits no air pollution, unlike fossil fuel power sources. The energy consumed to manufacture and transport the materials used to build a wind power plant is equal to the new energy produced by the plant within a few months of operation. Garrett Gross, a scientist from UMKC in Kansas City, Missouri states, "The impact made on the environment is very little when compared to what is gained." The initial carbon dioxide emission from energy used in the installation is "paid back" within about 9 months of operation for offshore turbines.
Danger to birds and bats has been a concern in some locations. However, studies show that the number of birds killed by wind turbines is negligible compared to the number that die as a result of other human activities, and especially the environmental impacts of using non-clean power sources. Fossil fuel generation kills around twenty times as many birds per unit of energy produced than wind-farms. Bat species appear to be at risk during key movement periods. Almost nothing is known about current populations of these species and the impact on bat numbers as a result of mortality at windpower locations. Offshore wind sites 10 km or more from shore do not interact with bat populations. While a wind farm may cover a large area of land, many land uses such as agriculture are compatible, with only small areas of turbine foundations and infrastructure made unavailable for use.
Aesthetics have also been an issue. In the USA, the Massachusetts Cape Wind project was delayed for years mainly because of aesthetic concerns. In the UK, repeated opinion surveys have shown that more than 70% of people either like, or do not mind, the visual impact. According to a town councillor in Ardrossan, Scotland, the overwhelming majority of locals believe that the Ardrossan Wind Farm has enhanced the area, saying that the turbines are impressive looking and bring a calming effect to the town.
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Explore #153 on Sunday, March 29, 2009

Note: small canals with small pumps at the outflow side of the mantle for steamlining the outflow.

In 1773, when James improved the steam machine, we did not have carbon fibers, steel -we did have iron, but iron is not the same and as strong as steel!-, composites and the windsurf formula, so that the steam machine did not have a competition.
En fin, by means of windsurfing high winds at oceans with spaiboats and using high winds by turbo windmills, the combination with conventional modern wind users for the low wind regime leads to new a competition for nuclear power plants et cetera. So the comparison of today is the combination of all wind converters, for making axles spin, with for instance the steam machine and his brothers -nuclear power plants, coal -, and gas, burning power plants-, who all still boil water in kettle, and combustion engines which are also still burning fossil fuels.

The point: I calculated the amount of windenergy [in Watts] on earth, per day, per week, per month and per year. Conclusion: If we are able to catch the wind near the arctic zones, during six hours, we have enough energy to run the world for a year [including 99,9%loss]. If we catch it during a whole year, then we can say, we have more than enough. We fill up the presure tanks, and bring it home and even when the cariers with the tanks use 99% of the contains, we still have more than enough left for usage at home.
The same counts for the electricity transportation. Tesla made so-called Tesla coils / cones, and he proved that electricity is to be transported through air, without a wire. However, teleportation of electricity costs big losses. This is not a problem at all, once we use the high winds near the arctic zones.