Wind Power in Ireland

The most renewable source of energy in Ireland is wind power. Ireland is a small island country situated at the very north west of Europe where the resource of wind is abundant. At 50 meters above ground level at all the 5 main points open plain, open sea, sea coast, hills and ridges and sheltered terrain Ireland has a significant amount of wind and wind resource which increases the potential for renewable energy generation. All this free wind could power schools and homes throughout Ireland. A limiting problem in Ireland is the national grid and the lack of transmission infrastructure that is needed to harness the wind. Ireland has for too long been depending on importing of fossil fuels to run our power stations. Renewable energy comes from the sun and wind and will not run out in the near future, however fossil fuels such as coal, oil, gas and peat are non renewable and will not last forever, and will become more expensive to extract from the earth. When fossil fuels like coal in a power station or petrol in a car is burned carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere and is leading to an increase in climate change. Wind turbine do not produce any greenhouse gases and have the potential to cut up to 1billion of the national fossil fuel bill to run the country.
The Considerable main advantage of wind is that it is free to the planet earth and now with the availability of modern technology it can be captured quite efficiently. Wind turbine has the potential to lower greenhouse gasses as once the turbine is built little it produces littler or no polluatints other than noise. Although wind turbines are quite tall structure they only take up a small plot of land. This allows the land below to be still used for farming. Wind turbines come in a range of sizes this makes them available to many people from single households to whole towns and villages and business. This can help people in remote areas who are not connected to the national grid to produce