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With the development of electric power, wind power found new applications in lighting buildings remote from centrally generated power. Throughout the 20th century, parallel paths developed small wind plants suitable for farms or residences and larger utility-scale wind generators that could be connected to electricity grids for remote use of power.
Wind turbines can be very large, reaching over 260 m (850 ft) tall with blades 110 m (360 ft) long, [120] and people have often complained about their visual impact. Environmental impact of wind power includes effect on wildlife, but can be mitigated if proper strategies are implemented. [121]
The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.
The Gedser wind turbine is located near Gedser in the south of the Danish island of Falster. It was constructed by the engineer Johannes Juul in 1957 for the SEAS (Sydsjællands Elektricitets Aktieselskab) electricity company with support from the Marshall Plan. Its innovative design was a major breakthrough in the development of wind turbines ...
In 2023, 421.1 terawatt-hours were generated by wind power, or 10.07% of electricity in the United States. [4] The average wind turbine generates enough electricity in 46 minutes to power the average American home for one month. [5] In 2019, wind power surpassed hydroelectric power as the largest renewable energy source in the U.S.
The term peg mill or peg and post mill (in which the "post" was the tailpole used to turn the mill into the wind) was used in north-west England, and stob mill in north-east England, to describe mills of this type. Post mills dominated the scene in Europe until the 19th century when tower mills began to replace them. [3]
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Vestas V47-660kW wind turbine at American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas A wind turbine blade on I-35 near Elm Mott, an increasingly common sight in Texas Wind power has a long history in Texas. West Texas A&M University began wind energy research in 1970 and led to the formation of the Alternative Energy Institute (AEI) in 1977.