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How is electricity generated using wind energy?

Posted at: 2015-05-24 
The process of wind-produced electrical generation begins when the force of the wind pushes against the turbines’ blades, causing them to rotate, creating mechanical energy. The spinning blades, attached to a hub and a low-speed shaft, turn along with the blades. The rotating low-speed shaft is connected to a gearbox that connects to a high-speed shaft on the opposite side of the gearbox. This high-speed shaft connects to an electrical generator that converts the mechanical energy from the rotation of the blades into electric energy. Spinning between 11 and 20 times per minute, each turbine can generate a maximum 1.5 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power, on average, more than 500 residential homes.

Quoting the maximum potential oputput of a wind factory is misleading. They tend to give, at best, only about 22% of this. They rely on the wind blowing within a certain speed range; too fast and they have to be turned off.

They don't need to do that with nuclear or coal/gas.

deadly simple.

to generate electricity you have to run the electricity generating turbine.

now you can rotate that turbine through wind , water, steam and even sea waves.

blades turn a generator.hence generating electricity.

Irregularly and very inefficiently