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Q: Does a wind turbine rotate to face the wind?
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Are the blades equal length on a wind turbine?

yes ! then only they can rotate nicely............


How does a wind turbine take wind?

Wind turbines are designed to catch the wind and create electricity from the wind energy. The power station of a turbine moves the unit so the fan blades face the wind so the force of the wind can rotate the fan. The concaved blades collect the wind and send the force down their pedestal to produce energy with the help of a generator. The more wind that is collected, the more power produced.


What is the difference between wind energy and wind turbines?

. Wind energy is the energy taken from the wind that makes the rotor blade of the wind turbine to rotate, so that an alternator coupled to it can generate electricity. Wind turbine is a huge apparatus designed to transform wind energy into electricity.


How is wind energy utilised?

wind turbines are placed to make use of wind energy, in the wind turbine an alternator having large gear mechanism is fixed , when the wind blows, the turbine moves, which in turn forces the gears to rotate, which in turn moves the alternator to generate electricity.


How does wind power produce electricity?

In essence, the wind turbine collects kinetic energy from the wind and transfers it to the generator. The blades on the turbine turn as the wind blows. As these blades move, they rotate a shaft connected to the rotor of a generator. The spinning magnets of the generator convert that rotational energy into electricity.


What does a wind turbine make?

A wind turbine makes wind for scientific study.


Do wind turbines have to face the wind?

Of course new generation wind turbine has to face wind.The concept of wind turbine is this that wind has kinetic energy, and this energy is converted by WTG by rotary blade into mechanical energy through gear box then again into electrical energy through generator. Here mainly wind is the main criteria, which rotates blade in variable speed depends upon wind density. More density and wind speeed more power will be generated. Besides this there are many versions of wind turbine, Upwind means new generation wind turbine normally we observed, In Down wind turbines turbines has no relation with wind perpendicular to wind. I think you must have got the answer.


How much engy dose a wind turbine use?

A wind turbine can use up to 40kw/h of energy at once. When for example the turbine is yawing into the wind (turning the head of the turbine into the wind for the blades to face the incoming wind). 4 high power motors and gears are used to do this. When at the same time the hydraulic system is turned on to control the blades to position themselves in the wind, and the motors for the cooling are enabled, the windturbine can require a lot of wind. However usually this is generated by the turbine itself. So this is not really relevant as the output is much higher then the usage.


What does wind turbine help?

a wind turbine generates electricity for or use


What does Wind Turbine mean?

A wind turbine is like a giant fan that produces energy from the wind


What makes a wind turbine move?

Wind makes the turbine move and the wind makes elctrecity.


How can water and wind be harnessed to generate electricity?

They both power turbines which rotate to generate electricity. A turbine works the same way as an electric motor.