Harnessing Wind Energy

Abstract

Renewable energy plays a vital role into the lives of humans for them to thrive and survive. Harnessing them requires a lot of research, permutation and combinations, technological innovations, the right equipment’s to convert it to usable source of energy. One such energy is wind energy; it is one source of energy that is available freely and in abundance. The first practical windmills were used in Sistan, Persia in the mid-to-late 7^th century. From then to now many new innovations and technological developments / advancements have happened which has led us to harnessing maximum wind and converting it to energy and using it to the optimum. From setting up windmill plants over open land to integrating them in the buildings, we have come a long way. Initially the windmills needed to be installed on the outskirts of any settlements due to factors such as: - noise of the turbine, open lands leading to unobstructed winds. But the negatives of windmill plants were that they occupied too much of land area; and with the increase in population the demand for lands is also increasing. Therefore, the integration of wind turbine in the skin of the structure in the urban context has proven to be beneficial and the parameters such as noise control is taken care of. The following paper will cover the chronology of the wind mills in brief and skyscraper wind turbines in depth which will be supported with case studies. All of the following will be a second hand study but will prove to spread awareness about the “Wind Harnessing Technology”, also open doors to new further research and innovations as we all are aware that currently the globe is in need for sustainable solutions.