Many people think that putting development first means building factories and power plants that burn a lot of fossil fuels and contribute to global warming. But the nature of development means an improvement on our current way of life. So while we are in favor of there being more Stouffville homes for sale, we think that the best way to get them is to build and power them in a way that's better for us and our future than burning coal and oil. The answer, therefore, is to use sustainable power generation like wind turbines.

Wind turbines create carbon-free energy by harnessing the power of moving air. By simply placing a bladed turbine in the path of the wind, it can turn a generator that creates electricity that can then be used to electrify farm fencing or power a television set. Wind turbines are not really a new idea. Wind power has been used to thresh grain for hundreds of years through the use of windmills.

One wind turbine creates only a small amount of power, so in order to get enough to power everyone's lofts, Toronto has to arrange a lot of wind turbines in a single area, which is known as a wind farm. Wind farms can't be located just anywhere, though. For maximum efficiency, they need to be placed in areas where it is consistently windy. It doesn't have to be a very powerful wind, it just has to be there most of the time to turn the blades of the turbines.

Wind turbines come in many shapes and sizes. The most common one that most people are familiar with are the white propeller-bladed turbines on tall stalks. You may even be able to see one from your commercial real estate in Toronto, because lone turbines of this style have been erected all over the country to test for wind suitability. These are called HAWT or Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines and they can be up to 300 ft tall. Each one of these turbines are designed to generate about 1.5 megawatts of electricity.

If you would like to use wind power but you don't live in a condominium for rent in Toronto where the city feeds wind power onto the grid, you can buy your own wind power generation kit from almost any home store, such as Canadian Tire. By setting a small wind turbine on your roof or in your yard, you can contribute upwards of 50 watts of electricity to your household.