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Download Solution PDFWind energy is harnessed by using _______.
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Download Solution PDF- Wind energy is harnessed by using a wind turbine generator.
- Wind turbines convert the energy in wind to electricity by rotating propeller-like blades around a rotor. The rotor turns the drive shaft, which turns an electric generator.
- Three key factors affect the amount of energy a turbine can harness from the wind are wind speed, air density, and swept area.
- At Hydropower plant salient pole type alternator is used to convert hydro energy into electrical energy.
- Steam turbine-driven generators (Turbo generators) are commonly used in solar thermal electric power plants, coal, geothermal, nuclear, waste incineration plants, and natural gas power plants.
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