Benefits of wind energy confirmed: Half a million cars worth of pollution and a billion gallons of water saved each year
Friday, November 2, 2012 - 10:32
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—Wind energy in Colorado each year saves a billion gallons of water while avoiding emissions of air pollutants equivalent to that produced by half a million cars, according to a report released today by Environment Colorado. Between 2000 and 2011, production of electricity from wind energy in Colorado grew from zero to 4.7 million megawatt-hours (MWh), and is now producing nearly 10 percent of the state's electricity.