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  2. History of wind power - Wikipedia

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    History of wind power. Plan of the wind turbine for power generation by Josef Friedlaender before the electrical exhibition in the Vienna Prater (Rotunde) in 1883. Charles Brush's windmill of 1888, used for generating electricity. Wind power has been used as long as humans have put sails into the wind.

  3. Wind power in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Wind power in Mexico. Mexico is rapidly growing its production of wind power. In 2016, its installed capacity had reached 3,527 MW, [1][2] increasing to 8,128 MW in 2020. [3] In 2008, there were three wind farms in the country. The Eurus Wind Farm was the largest wind farm in Latin America. [4] 18 of 27 wind farms construction projects were ...

  4. 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.

  5. Wind farm - Wikipedia

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    The Gansu Wind Farm in China is the largest wind farm in the world, with a target capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020. A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, [1] is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several ...

  6. List of windmills in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Smock. 1905. Appeared in the film A Jitney Elopement starring Charlie Chaplin. Windmill World. Dutch Windmill. San Francisco. Tower. 1902. Windmill World.

  7. Tower mill - Wikipedia

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    Tower mill. Haigh Windmill. A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden 'cap' or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind. [1][2][3][4][5] This rotating cap on a firm masonry base gave tower mills great advantages over earlier post mills, as they could stand much higher ...

  8. Wind turbine - Wikipedia

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    It was a Halladay windmill for driving a dynamo. Friedländer's 6.6 m (22 ft) diameter Halladay "wind motor" was supplied by U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Co. of Batavia, Illinois. The 3.7 kW (5 hp) windmill drove a dynamo at ground level that fed electricity into a series of batteries. The batteries powered various electrical tools and lamps, as ...

  9. Wind power by country - Wikipedia

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    China alone had over 40% of the world's capacity by 2022. [3] Wind power is used on a commercial basis in more than half of all the countries of the world. [4] Denmark produced 55% of its electricity from wind in 2022, a larger share than any other country. Latvia's wind capacity grew by 75%, the largest percent increase in 2022.