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Wind power is produced by converting blowing wind into electricity. Wind turbines use a rotor (blades), a power shaft and a generator to convert the wind's kinetic energy into electrical energy. Click here for more information about wind power.
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Wind power is generated through the use of a turbine usually mounted on a tower. The turbine collects wind energy and converts it to electricity which is transferred to your house breaker panel, allowing you to rely on your existing utility power supply only as a backup.
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The energy extracted from wind to generate electricity, generally requires wind speed in excess of 16 kilometers per hour (10 miles per hour).
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Solar power describes a number of methods of harnessing energy from the light of the sun.
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Sunlight converted into energy that we can use, a natural renewable resource.
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Electricity produced by converting the sun's radiation into electricity. This can be done using photovoltaic systems (PV) or solar thermal systems.
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Solar energy: energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy; "the amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant, but very little use has been made of solar energy"
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