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Windmills use the power of wind and transforms that energy into kinetic energy (which causes the blades to spin), which in turn creates mechanical energy.

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What kind of energy of wind turns the blades of a windmill?

The kinetic energy of the air molecules in the 'wind' is transferred to the blades of the windmill as kinetic energy of the moving blades of the windmill.


Does a windmill use kinetic energy?

Yes it is kinetic energy.


What type of energy does the windmill use to work?

Kinetic energy from the wind.


What kind of energy is a windmill?

Windmill composed of 2 energies. One is the mechanical energy. To make it work the force of the wind allows the windmill to run and this process produces the second energy called the wind energy.


What isCurrent scenario of windmill energy?

windmill energy has a wide scope and nowadays it's use is been continously increasing in many countries


How does a windmill createes mechanic energy?

A windmill doesn't creat mechanic energy. The wind provides this energy and the windmill converts it to electrical energy with the use of a generator, that rotates within a big magnets. This induces a current according to the basic laws of electromagnetics.


Windmill is an example of what kind of energy transformation?

Gravitational potential energy being converted to kinetic energy


How much energy does a windmill make?

Depends what windmill it is.


How can wind be an energy resource?

because we use windmill to collect the wind for us


Is a windmill gravitational energy?

no -- the windmill converts the kinetic energy from wind to electrical energy. Gravitational energy is another term for potential energy.


How do windmill collect energy?

The wind turbine/windmill has a generator inside of it, which converts the wind into energy!


Is a windmill kinetic or potential energy?

do windmills consist of kinetic and potential energy