Animation: How Wind Turbines Work
How does the modern wind turbine generate electricity? This animation breaks it into parts, showing how they all work together to make green energy
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How does the modern wind turbine generate electricity? This animation breaks it into parts, showing how they all work together to make green energy
00:00Humans have harnessed wind power for centuries, from sailing ships to windmills. 00:04Today''s wind turbines are a modern evolution of those early designs. 00:09These massive machines capture
New animation shows how a wind turbine turns wind energy into electricity using the aerodynamic force from the rotor blades.
Wind turbines work on a simple principle: instead of using electricity to make wind—like a fan— wind turbines use wind to make electricity. Wind turns the propeller-like blades of a turbine around a rotor,
Step-by-step look at each piece of a wind turbine from diagram above: (1) Notice from the figure that the wind direction is blowing to the right and the nose of the wind turbine faces the wind.
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The energy in the wind turns two or three propeller-like blades around a rotor. The rotor is connected to the main shaft, which spins a generator to create electricity.
Wind Turbines / Wind Power / Wind Energy (3D Animation) This 3d animation shows how wind turbines work and explains the main parts.
The wind turns the blades of a turbine, which spins an internal shaft connected to a generator and makes mechanical power or electricity used to power homes and other purposes.
Step-by-step guide & diagram of how a wind turbine works. Example shows the components of a horizontal wind turbine.
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