What are the limitations of extracting energy from: (a) the wind?

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Harshit Singh · Answer

Dear Student

(i) It can be extracted only at limited sites where the wind blows most of the time in a year.
(ii) The minimum speed of wind should be 15 km/h.
(iii) Large area is required to build the wind farm/wind mills which is expensive affair.
(iv) Efficiency, is low.

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ats · Answer

Wind energy has some other disadvantages also: Wind turbines can be dangerous to birds and other flying animals which may get injured by the turbines Some wind turbines generate a unpleasant noise Maintenance costs are high

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What are the limitations of extracting energy from: (a) the wind?

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