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We are mainly interested in electricity production, but before electricity was invented, windmills were used to produce mechanical energy. Often grinding grain to flour, also pumping water. This was very widespread in the Netherlands.

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Q: Windmills convert the energy of the wind to more useful forms such as what?
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