Friday, March 18, 2011

Wind Turbine

A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or pumping water, the device is called a windmill or wind pump. Developed for over a millennium, today's wind turbines are manufactured in a range of vertical and horizontal axis types. The smallest turbines are used for applications such as battery charging or auxiliary power on sailing boats; while large grid-connected arrays of turbines are becoming an increasingly large source of commercial electric power. It is hard to work with these turbines. you have to make it so that the wind will blow on it easily. Wind turbines have a nice spin on them to help make nuclear energy. If you don't know it or not, but wind turbines is what help keeps the electricity going. Take one day out of your busy schedule and try and create a wind turbine.

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