10-04-2017, 09:28 PM
In nature, it is solar power that creates wind power. Consider the example of the sea breeze. The sun heats both land and sea, but the land heats up more quickly and reaches a higher temperature than the sea. The air over the land becomes hotter than the air over the sea and the hot air rises, creating an area of lower air pressure (close to the surface). Air moves from the area of higher pressure over the sea to the area of lower pressure over the land. The cool sea air heats up as it moves over the land and so it rises, creating a cycle. The result of this cycle is a steady wind moving from the sea to the land. In this example from nature, the land is acting like a solar collector, changing sunlight into heat. The heated land heats the air and creates a wind. Wind turbines can harvest this wind energy. A Wind from the Sun power plant would imitate this same type of system that occurs in nature, but with a greater degree of control and predictability. This will result in a more reliable wind with a higher average wind spee