ALTERNATIVE ENERGY WIND ENERGY by Kris Woll Content Consultant Paul Stoy Assistant Professor Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Montana State University Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
CHAPTER ONE WHAT IS WIND POWER It is a windy night You are 300 feet 91 m above small window you can see bright stars above the ground in a tall thin tower Looking out a Around you enormous blades slice through the air A whooshing noise fills the tower From outside the wind turbine looks like a giant fan It is generating electricity for the town below As long as the wind is blowing turbines can generate electricity day or night 5
