How does a wind turbine help the environment?

Wind Turbines Helping the Environment Wind Turbines have blades, just like an electric fan, but instead of using electricity to generate wind, the turbines do just the opposite. Wind rotates the blades, which spin a shaft connected to a generator and the movement leads to the generation of electricity. read more

Wind power is a rapidly expanding source of renewable energy. The shift to cleaner energy can help clear the air, reducing rates of asthma and other threats to human health. Wind power offers a variety of additional environmental benefits, including greenhouse gas reduction, and provides hope for further developments in sustainable energy resources. read more

A survey by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of large wind facilities in the United States found that they use between 30 and 141 acres per megawatt of power output capacity (a typical new utility-scale wind turbine is about 2 megawatts). read more