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Wind as an Ecosystem Service
This image depicts one of 104 wind turbines that span from Pasquotank to Perquimans county. This wind farm, known as the Amazon Wind Farm US East, is the first utility-scale wind farm in NC. The wind in the environment causes the blades, that are connected to a generator, to rotate and produce electricity. There is a transformation of kinetic energy to electrical energy. These wind turbines in particular produce 208 megawatts of power, which can produce enough energy to power 60,000 homes. The wind farm is one example of an ecological service to humans (which also supports the Utilitarian view of the ecosystem that the ecosystem benefits us). The wind from the environment helps provide electricity, a necessity in day to day life for humans. The conversion from wind kinetic energy to the production of electricity also satisfies the first law of thermodynamics that energy is neither created nor destroyed. Simply, a transformation of energy occurs.
Additional Sources:
elizabethcitypasquotankedc.com/north-carolinas-first-wind...
Wind as an Ecosystem Service
This image depicts one of 104 wind turbines that span from Pasquotank to Perquimans county. This wind farm, known as the Amazon Wind Farm US East, is the first utility-scale wind farm in NC. The wind in the environment causes the blades, that are connected to a generator, to rotate and produce electricity. There is a transformation of kinetic energy to electrical energy. These wind turbines in particular produce 208 megawatts of power, which can produce enough energy to power 60,000 homes. The wind farm is one example of an ecological service to humans (which also supports the Utilitarian view of the ecosystem that the ecosystem benefits us). The wind from the environment helps provide electricity, a necessity in day to day life for humans. The conversion from wind kinetic energy to the production of electricity also satisfies the first law of thermodynamics that energy is neither created nor destroyed. Simply, a transformation of energy occurs.
Additional Sources:
elizabethcitypasquotankedc.com/north-carolinas-first-wind...