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The main use for a wind turbine is to drive a geared alternator mounted at the hub of the rotor. The blades rotate at some speed around 29 rpm, and that is stepped up in a gearbox to drive the generator at a more normal speed for an electric generator. The output power is fed to the local distribution grid, at 33 kV for the smaller wind farms or 132 V for the larger ones.

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