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  2. Windmill - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Smock mill - Wikipedia

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    Smock mill with fantail (Sønderho, Fanø, Denmark) Smock mill in Amsterdam Cobstone Windmill, Ibstone, Buckinghamshire. The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into ...

  4. Kinderdijk windmills - Wikipedia

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    The Kinderdijk windmills are a group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Most of the mills are part of the village of Kinderdijk in the municipality of Molenlanden , and one mill, De Blokker , is part of the municipality of Alblasserdam .

  5. Panemone windmill - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of a panemone whose wind-catching panels are arranged to turn edge-on to the wind when moving against the wind's thrust, and side-on when moving downwind to harness the wind's motion. A panemone windmill is a type of vertical-axis wind turbine. It has a rotating axis positioned vertically, while the wind-catching blades move parallel ...

  6. Wind turbine - Wikipedia

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    Nashtifan wind turbines in Sistan, Iran. The windwheel of Hero of Alexandria (10–70 CE) marks one of the first recorded instances of wind powering a machine. [5] However, the first known practical wind power plants were built in Sistan, an Eastern province of Persia (now Iran), from the 7th century.

  7. Kinderdijk - Wikipedia

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    Kinderdijk. Kinderdijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌkɪndərˈdɛik]) is a village in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.It is located about 15 km (9 miles) east of Rotterdam.

  8. Wind power - Wikipedia

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    Wind energy penetration is the fraction of energy produced by wind compared with the total generation. Wind power's share of worldwide electricity usage in 2021 was almost 7%, [55] up from 3.5% in 2015. [56] [57] There is no generally accepted maximum level of wind penetration.

  9. List of windmills - Wikipedia

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    The List of windmills is a link page for any windmill or windpump This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .