Wind Turbine

 

 

 

 

 

Wind Energy for Companies and Partners

Currently, America harnesses more than 21,000 MW of electric energy from wind; enough to meet the needs of 5.5 million average homes. And, according to a Department of Energy report, wind can provide much more...as much as 20% of America's energy needs by 2030.

Why wind energy? Wind energy produces no emissions and does not pollute our air or water and unlike nuclear power, requires no hazardous waste storage. Both coal (a heavy polluter) and natural gas release greenhouse gases that also may affect our world's climate. An increasingly important economic and strategic benefit of wind energy is its contribution to reducing our dependence on imported energy from less secure regions across the globe. Novairus Energy is engaged in the business of developing wind farms that will generate clean, profitable, renewable energy from wind.

The environmental and human health costs of conventional power generation (such as acid rain and air pollution) are not fully reflected in electricity’s market price. That makes conventional generation seem cheaper than it really is and discounts the value of renewable energy options like wind.

Because renewable energy technologies are younger and the industries much smaller than traditional energy interests, they have not had the opportunity to enjoy economies of scale and the prolonged learning curve that benefit today’s more established technologies. But times are changing. The cost of wind energy has dropped 80% since 1980 and the decline continues as the industry matures. Wind energy is an especially good choice when buying green power because:

  1. it is one of the cheapest and cleanest renewable energy sources available;
  2. it does not require extraction or consumption of fuel;
  3. it does not produce air pollution.

Tradable Renewable Certificates (sometimes called renewable energy credits, or green tags) are an important factor to consider in wind energy. A green tag is created only when a given quantity of electricity is generated from a renewable source. The green tag represents the attributes associated with that electricity (for example, avoided pollution from not burning fossil fuels) and its price reflects the premium market value of those attributes. Obviously, green tags are limited in quantity, and by purchasing them you can be assured that the renewable energy they represent is being generated – somewhere. These can provide an additional source of revenue to a wind project. The National Wind Coordinating Committee offers information about opportunities and guidelines for green tag products.