What part of the world needs wind energy the most?

3 Comments

1. Mark V says:

   November 10, 2009 at 4:35 am

   You could certainly argue that nearly all parts of the world would highly benefit from wind energy.

   But I suppose that the "best" areas would be along the coastlines, as those are the areas with a favorable combination of wind strength/speed and endurance/sustained wind. It’s also very beneficial since an enormous fraction of the total world population lives near the coast in the first place.

   Mid-continents also receive favorable wind patterns, but there aren’t usually very many people around to benefit in those areas. Naturally, though, a proper electrical infrastructure could carry electricity generated in these areas to more distant locales.
2. ZORCH says:

   November 10, 2009 at 4:35 am

   Don’t neglect to mention that wind energy is not without its downside. Its seriously ugly and is noisy. In un-inhabited areas, it works well. Ugly is OK and the noise bothers nobody. However, in some of the good windy areas, you find local residents not liking the 24 hour a day sounds, described as a "big whop-whop-whop-whop". And its hard to sell ugly to the neighborhood.
3. Roger R says:

   November 10, 2009 at 4:35 am

   I’d say the USA. It has the highest per capita use of energy and most of this comes from fossil fuel. Wind energy is something that the US needs to transition too and some people helping to do this is Pacific Crest Transformers, who are into manufacturing energy efficient transformers