Disadvantages of Wind Power

Wind power, as it has been in use for a long time now, is considered to be viable in producing energy. Also, wind power does not cause pollution and its benefits are indeed numerous, but there are also a lot of drawbacks.

The following are the disadvantages of wind power.
• Wind is very unpredictable. This also caused the belief that wind power is not reliable. This is one of the most crucial disadvantages of wind power. When there is a storm, the wind power can produce energy from zero to very strong. Thus, wind turbines are proven to be not able to produce a stable amount of electricity. There are times when there is no electricity, and there are times when the amount of electricity is at a dangerous level.
• The ideal locations for maintaining a wind farm can be very pricey.
• The noise produced by one wind turbine is still tolerable. However, wind farms that use a lot of these will produce a level of noise that is way beyond tolerable.
• The level of energy produced is another problem. The largest wind turbine can actually only provide electricity enough for 475 houses. This means that areas with larger populations will needs lots of big turbines. Also, since these turbines will occupy large areas, the consideration is these farms are somewhat negatively perceived as the locations targeted can actually be used for other residential or business locations.
• While wind power does not contribute to pollution, it has a negative effect to the environment. Birds are attracted to strong winds, thus there is a high possibility of having them, specifically the migrating birds, of getting killed. Also, having to build these structures in large areas, the landscape is affected. A lot of people do not also appreciate the view of large wind turbines. While some see wind mills to be quite attractive, it is undeniably true that large wind turbines are not pleasant to the eyes, especially that they destroy the natural landscapes of places.
• Wind power itself does not contribute to pollution. However, manufacturing the turbines produces some amount of pollution. The production of materials and the manufacture of parts still do cause pollution.

People also noticed that television reception is easily disturbed, especially in the areas surrounding the wind farms.

These disadvantages of wind power, even with the advantages these bring, limited the possibility of utilizing wind turbines at their optimum. These drawbacks have been the reasons why there has been slow improvement with wind power.

Now that new designs are being developed, these disadvantages are being considered. Nowadays that an alterative source of energy is important, it may seem that wind power is given less importance. The advantages of wind power are greatly realized. However, the disadvantages are not really easy to put aside. Researches are also still attempting to reduce these, if not get rid of these one by one.