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If windmills dont work how do people who use wind energy still get electricity?
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∙ 13y ago
A windmill produced electricity while the wind blows. It may produce energy when the wind blows and people don't need it. People don't need all the energy a windmill produces all the time but they may need energy when the wind is not blowing. Windmills are therefore linked up to battery systems and charge the batteries when the wind is blowing, energy is being produced, and nobody is using it.
When people need energy and the wind is not blowing (no power is being produced) they use power from the batteries.
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Where are windmills being used today?
I am doing giant windmills in class today and I just wondered if you could answer my question for me? This is my question: 'are giant windmills used anywhere already' thankyou!!!!!! As far as I know the biggest in use now is rated at 2 megawatts
What is called electricity at rest?
Electricity that is not moving is called static electricity. you know, the small electric shock that you can give people after rubbing your feet and lifting them off the carpet in class. This electricity can be harmful if not treated proporly, trust me, my toung is still hurting!
When electricity sis not moving but stored it is called?
Stored electricity? It's a form of potential energy I guess but it's still called electricity
Why do you pay for electricity if all the electricity that flows into your house flows out again?
We pay for electricity even if all the electricity that flows into our houses flows out again because electricity is not a recyclable form of energy not like water which does not stop its cycle in nature. Besides that, we have limited sources of electricity nowadays though, people are still continuing to look for alternative sources. That is also why we are paying much for our electricity.
Is the kite still being used today?
Yes definitely ! Other common uses of windmills: - Water pumping (to dry fields or to water crops) - Energy production (either mecanical or electrical through an alternator)
What type of electricity is not useful?
The LEAST useful form of energy is Static Electricity however it to still find some uses.
What energy source supplies the majority of the world's energy?
In terms of electricity, it is still coal. Overall probably oil.
What is main source of energy that you use today?
For electricity it is still coal, for transport it is oil
What is the principal source of energy?
For electricity it is still coal, at about 50 percent. For transport it is oil.
What do you store energy from windmills in?
Old windmills wouldn't particularly store energy. For example they would only grind grain when the wind was blowing. Or they would pump water into a tank when the wind was blowing. Modern windmills generally generate electricity. For commercial windmills they are attached to the "Grid" which they treat somewhat as a battery. There still is risk of uneven power generation which would need to be evened out with either a storage method (some have suggested using battery powered automobiles as a "battery bank", or used with a complementary generation system that could be easily varied. For example hydro-electric may allow some diurnal variation in generation. It could still be a problem if there were many days of very high or very little wind. Off grid systems are usually connected to some kind of a charge controller and then dumped into a battery bank. There is a risk of overcharging the batteries, and it is suggested to have some kind of a "dump load" such as an electric heater that can waste excess electricity without disconnecting the windmill from a "load device".
How are windmills beneficial to science?
they are renewable resources, even though they take a long time to break even, it is still a source of energy that is renewable, which means it can never run out
What is the definition of wave power?
Due to the rotation of the Earth, there is a general flow of air from the west towards the east. This is caused by the Sun warming the air as a new day dawns ta that location. Some of the energy contained in this moving air may be captured by various windmills and the like. There are a wide variety of technologies for this capture. In modern times, the common method is to convert the wind energy to electrical power. But there are still many wind driven transport applications.
