Energy Future for Australia (1)

Energy Future for Australia: Wind (1)

It is time to take things a bit more seriously, Let's talk energy!

This series of entry is dedicated to examine Australia's options for sustainable energy source. And this is the first one.: Wind energy.

Wind energy is the fastest growing renewable energy form around the world. For example, it has contributed an average annual rate of growth in installed electricity capacity of 35% in the Australia from 2006 to 2011 (IEA Wind Annual Report, 2011). 

Another example is that the wind energy has become the largest renewable generation source in the UK since 2007 to 2015 (Renewableuk, 2015). The energy is produced by Wind Turbines, there were 52 wind farms in Australia, with a total capacity of 3449.5 megawatts (MW) (Australian Energy Market Operator Limited, 2010; Parliament of Australia, 2010). 





It was promoted as the renewable energy with highly promised commercialise prospect and great function of reducing greenhouse gas emission, and it is arguably that the technology  is used broadly and gradually replace the important role of non-renewable energies, such as fossil fuel, in the future (Olah, 2005).

TBC.

Reference:

EA (2012), IEA Wind Annual Report 2011, Available at: http://www.ieawind.org/annual_reports_PDF/2011.html (accessed: 16, 4, 2016).
RenewableUK (2012),   UK Wind Energy Database (UKWED), Available at: http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wind-energy/uk-wind-energy-database/index.cfm (accessed: 16, 4, 2016).
Parliament of Australia (2010), Operating wind farms by Commonwealth Electoral Divison, Available at: http://www.aemo.com.au/planning/0400-0013.pdf (accessed: 16, 4, 2016).
Olah G.A. (2005), Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume 44, Issue 18, April, 2005, p.p. 2636–2639.

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