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Wind Power - Wind Turbines
The power of the wind has been used for many years to produce mechanical power for milling grain and pumping water. Now wind turbine technology can be used to harness wind to generate electricity. Wind turbines use the wind's lift forces to rotate aerodynamic blades that turn a rotor which creates electricity. In the UK we have 40% of Europe's total wind energy. But it's still largely untapped and only 0.5% of our electricity requirements are currently generated by wind power.
Wind turbines can now be bought for your home or business:
There are two types of wind turbines:
Mast mounted - which are free standing and located near the building(s) that will be using the electricity.
Roof mounted - which can be installed on house roofs and other buildings.
Individual turbines vary in size and power output, some turbines can produce only a hundred watts to two and other can produce three megawatts (as a guide though a typical domestic system would produce between 1 - 6 kilowatts). Uses range from very small turbines supplying energy for battery charging systems (e.g. on boats or in homes), to turbines on wind farms supplying electricity to the grid.
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