Title: Describe Betz’s law and the law of conservation of energy.
Course: Renewable Energy (17105) > Section: Examining Wind Power

Description should include the

- limit (theoretical) that at optimum conditions, approximately 58 percent of the wind's energy can be converted to electrical energy as a result of aerodynamic drag, mechanical resistance, etc.
- concept that energy is neither created nor destroyed, only transferred among forms.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What technologies could allow wind turbines to reach their maximum efficiency?
- What practical limits are there on the amount of power that can be derived from the wind due to the conversions that are necessary?