Improvement in Wind Energy Sector using Nanotechnology

Harnessing wind energy is of important use for energy security, economic growth, sustainable development and security of environment. But it is also true that wind energy suffers from various challenges related to its sustainability as important energy source. Some of the important barriers are manufacturing cost, environmental factors, site specific, Low energy production etc. Conventional wind turbines were designed to be large in size so that they have power to turn turbine to produce sufficient power which in turn create difficulties in transportation and installation of wind turbine. Therefore there is need to develop such technology which can overcome above difficulties by using lightweight materials and low cost materials. Thus nanoscale models developed prolong the overall life of wind turbines by mitigating the fatigue failures of structural components and reducing the overall cost of power generation. Nanoscale technology introduced into wind industry contributes in bringing new development for wind turbines performance, operability, availability and reliability.