1. GIS and Wind Tracking Presented By Molly & Isha

2. What do you think of when you think natural resources? Wood Coal Oil Water Wind

3. What is Wind Power? “Clean Energy” with zero air pollution PA—21 Wind Farms Containing a total of 549 Wind Turbines 2.3% of the total power consumed in the United States was generated through wind turbines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpUnh3p 6IPw Wikipedia.com

4. How is it Generated? Wind Power is generated using turbines producing 1.8 MW. The key component to producing the energy actually comes from the blades Drew Swanson and Brian Adams

5. How Does GIS play a role? Wikipedia.com

6. What Types of GIS are Used? ArcGIS Desktop is used to create a wind map book combining wind, transmission lines, and road data. treehugger.com

7. Pros & Cons PROS ArcGIS Desktop calculates the best location for wind farms Wind energy Produces absolutely 0% air pollution CONS Data may be incorrect Turbines produce loud sound and take up space Aesthetically unappealing

9. What are Possible Solutions for the Listed Cons? Try to update the system more often Move the farms to the ocean This alleviates sound disturbance and the aesthetically unappealing sights