A 10 Kw wind turbine can generate about 10,000 - 16,000 kilowatt hours of power per year.

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So, how does it all work?


First of all, the history of wind power goes back to ancient times. People then knew the value of the ability to capture-free-wind power. So, just like solar, this is not a newly discovered concept.

The wind is caused by how the sun unevenly heats parts of the earth. During the day, air over land mass heats up quite quickly, and it rises. Cooler air moves in to the empty spot, and wind is created.

Turbines, or blades collect the force of the wind, to in turn generate electricity from the rotary motion of the wind passing through. This motion triggers a wind powered electricity. Wind turbines, or a wind-power-generator, comes in a variety of sizes. In fact, there are two types. There is the horizontal-axis wind-machine, and the vertical-axis wind machine. These wind turbine types for producing power from the wind are based on the directions of the rotating axis.

The bigger the turbine, the more power is produced. If wind-turbines are attached to another source of energy, the turbine operates when the speed gets to a certain point.

Turbines and windmills need to reach certain speeds to generate a significant amount of power.

A 10 Kw wind turbine can generate about 10,000 - 16,000 kilowatt hours of power per year. This is a little bit more than what a small household would typically use.

In 2008 in the United States, wind machines generated just over 1% of the total electricity production. This is a very tiny amount, but that little bit did service over 4.5 million households.