Environmentalists take on wind power

Wind energy is clean energy, it is a green energy. It is a renewable source of electrical energy. It is a fast growing industry with US leading the way amid volatile oil prices in the world energy market. Wind power is created by wind turbines put up on towers on specially designed wind farms. The blades of the turbines convert the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical or electrical energy.

Environmentalists are concerned that birds get caught into these tubine blades and often they die creating a hazard for birds and bats some of which are endangered species.

The operators of The Altamont Wind Farm in Sanfrisco Bay have agreed to shut half of their wind mills against the threat of legal action by environmentalist action groups who are opposed to non-crtical wind farm development.

This is an interesting incident that pitches environmentalists on both sides; one pursuing clean renewable energy, the other calling for a ban on such activity that is detrimental to wild life