How wind turbines work and how they produce energy

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Driving past a field of wind turbines and trying to channel my understanding of waves and energy to remember how these work

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Almost all power is generated by the same fundamental concept of the generator. Spin a magnet in proximity to a coil of wire, and electrons flow through the wire. With a wind turbine, wind pushes the blades, causing them to spin and thus drive the generator.

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