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The use of wind power for electricity involves the attachment directly or indirectly of a magnet to the turbine to spin within a dynamo to generate a current.

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What energy is used in windmills?

Windmills use wind energy.


Do windmills make wind?

No. Windmills use the wind for various puposes such as grinding grain, pumping water, and generating electricity.


Why do you use windmills if you have dam?

People use a lot of electricity, and often need to obtain it from many different sources in order to get enough. It is also true that windmills have other uses than the generation of electricity, and they were in use centuries before electricity came into use. You can mill grain without electricity, by connecting millstones to an axle, which is turned by the wind.


Do windmills produce electricity?

Different windmills do different things. Some pump water. Others do produce electricity.


What are windmills used for?

windmills are there to help save energy and renew electricity.


What is one difference between using a solar cell from electricity and using a windmill?

One difference is that solar cells convert sunlight into electricity directly, while windmills convert wind energy into mechanical energy which is then converted into electricity. Solar cells are typically smaller and more suitable for individual or small-scale use, while windmills are larger and more common for utility-scale electricity generation.


Why are windmills important?

Windmills are important because they provide electricity. The more the windmills move, the more electricity. If you go to Palm Springs in California, you will find hundreds and hundreds of windmills, because it is a windy place. Hope this helped.


Why windmills important?

Windmills are important because they provide electricity. The more the windmills move, the more electricity. If you go to Palm Springs in California, you will find hundreds and hundreds of windmills, because it is a windy place. Hope this helped.


A large number of windmills placed in one area to generate electricity?

Wind Farm


How do windmills distribute electricity to the community?

Windmills generate electricity on the spot. This electricity is then cabled into the closest grid.


Where are windmills being used today?

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What is the fuel source in a wind power plant?

wind, and sometimes they have to use electricity to power the machines they use to make the windmills.