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wind makes the mill spin wich motion activates the machinery that sends electricity or other means of energy.

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Q: How is the wind energy captured by the windmill?
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What is the limitations of the windmill?

Betz law states that no more than 59% of the energy in the wind can be captured by a free standing wind mill.


How do windmill collect energy?

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


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 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.


Is wind blowing the vanes of a windmill chemical energy?

No; when wind blows the blades of a windmill, that's mechanical energy.


How much does the wind speed affect a windmill?

Wind speed effects how much energy a windmill produces. The faster the windmill goes, the more energy it produces.


What are the examples of wind energy?

WINDMILL


How do you capture the energy in wind?

windmill


Is a windmill a type of wind energy?

No, it is a device to convert the energy in the wind into useable energy for humans. Wind is the energy source.


Wind is an example of what energy?

A wind turbine or a windmill is a good example of wind energy.: )('',)


What type of energy does a windmill have?

it has kenetic energy


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.