Renewable Energy 101: Wind Power

Wind produces about 4.1% of the energy used in the United States. Learn how electricity is made from wind turbines in this video.

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24 thoughts on “Renewable Energy 101: Wind Power”

  1. why not make 3 shorter turbines would be much economical then 1 giant expensive turbine also can u imagine transportation and instalation cost? i think it never pays back since bearings dont last as long on that big 0

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  2. Eles poderiam injetar, sucessivamente, camadas de fibra e resina em um molde girando em alta velocidade, de modo que a força centrífuga faria todo o processo de conformação.

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  3. wind turbines currently in use are inefficient junk and do not even pay for themselves  this wind turban deal is a scam connected to global warming scam that is allowing al gore and his billionaire buddies steal US taxpayers money   GO PRESIDENT TRUMP BUILD THE WALL NOW!

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  4. as much as I support renewable energies, I chuckled a bit when the interviewee talked about "bringing new things to the market". market? there's no market here.

    More like, "bringing new things to our (barely) negotiated, totally subsidized government contract that may never expire."

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  5. Flatter!!! Возможен аэродинамический флаттер не концах лопастей, вибрация и разрушение, сначала лопасти, потом всего остального…

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  6. Amazing that with all the automation in design and manufacturing there's a shot of a guy applying blade coating material with a Swifter. Still, congratulations on a fine job and for protecting our environment.

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