Paper instructions / description
1a) Contrast land-based and offshore wind energy plants. Make sure you discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each.
The following step is to divide your research into three coherent sub-topics that effectively answer the questions I’ve posed about your topic. Each sub-topic should have a short title that will pique the interest of a reader who is scrolling through a bunch of Story Maps, enticing them to stop and look further into the topic. Each subtopic should have a main idea and research from peer-reviewed journals to back up that main idea. So, for example, if I were creating a Story Map about Indian elephants, I might include sub-topics such as: 1. Indian elephant biology 2. Indian elephant habitat 3. What distinguishes Indian elephants from Asian elephants? (Obviously, this is not an Earth science example appropriate for our course, but it is used to demonstrate the point of sub-topics.)
Please keep in mind that at least two of your three sub-topics must be scientific in nature (for example, earth science and/or environmental science and/or geology and/or ecology – only one of the sub-topics can be social science).
Include an introduction that places your work in context, as well as a conclusion/next steps section. Please add your name and only the last three digits of your student number to the header or the top of the first page.
This stage entails conducting academic research on the topic of your choice. This is accomplished through the use of PEER REVIEWED/SCHOLARY journals. In fact, in order to pass this assignment and receive JUST a D- (maximum), you must use 6 peer-reviewed/scholarly journal sources. You must use more than six of them to have any chance of getting a grade higher than a D-. We recommend at least three per subtopic, so you should aim to use approximately nine peer-reviewed/scholarly journals. If you’ve used these before and know where to find them, that’s fantastic! Don’t be concerned if this isn’t the case! We are here to assist you.
The sources you used must have been peer-reviewed!!!! THANKS!!!
Please let me know if you require any additional sources.
Here are four resources to consider:
R. J. Barthelmie and L. E. Jensen (2010). Wind farm efficiency and wind turbine wakes were assessed at the Nysted offshore wind farm. Wind Energy, 13(6), 573–586 (doi:10.1002/we.408)
A. Bonou, A. Laurent, and S. I. Olsen (2016). Onshore and offshore wind energy life cycle assessments—from theory to practice 327-337 in Applied Energy, 180(Complete). doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.07.058
S.-P. Breton and G. Moe (2009). Offshore wind turbine status, plans, and technologies in Europe and North America Renewable Energy, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 646–654. 10.1016/j.renene.2008.05.040
Crabtree, C. J., Zappal?, D., and S. I. Hogg (2015). Wind energy in the United Kingdom: Experiences and Offshore Operational Challenges Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 229(7), 727–746. 10.1080/0957650915597560