The advantages of wind power are being used in advertisement and are increasingly pitched as the perfect renewable energy source. it almost seems that there are only advantages of wind power and that there are no disadvantages at all. But is this really the truth or are we mislead by marketing people. Are the advantages of wind power what they claim it to be and is it really affordable as a way to power up your home and get off the grid?

An old source of energy

Creating sustainable energy has long been a challenge when the answer has been sitting in front of us for centuries. Wind power has been used by humans for many centuries in agriculture, in Babylon, China, and if you think of windmills you will understand that wind power is not a new technology.

One of the advantages of wind power is that it is a renewable source. In an area that receives high levels of wind this is the perfect energy source. It can never run out and best of all, and perhaps high on the list of the advantages of wind power, is that it is a totally free source of energy. There is no need to pay a foreign country for it or to pay more for it when it becomes scarce.

Another one of the great advantages of wind power is that it does not pollute at all. It is one of the rare ways to generate electricity that does not give out greenhouse gases or destroy the environment. Any energy used in the installation can be gained once the wind turbines are in use in a period of three to six months. 

A wind energy system is also a low cost way to provide electricity. It could soon be the cheapest way to generate electricity. The main cost of generating electricity in this way lies in the installation of wind turbines. Building a residential wind turbine is a great option these days.

Wat are the disadvantages of wind power?

Yes it is true there are many many advantages of wind power but there are also some disadvantages of wind power too, one is the sound the turbines can make, it really can cause some noise disturbances, although this has become less over the last years. Turbines have been developed to make less noise and that is why the disturbance has decreased substantially.