power in the wind
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CT: Power in the wind. A wind turbine is the modern advancement of the windmill. Instead of using the wind to lift water or move heavy rocks to grind seeds wind is used to turn an electrical generator to make electricity. Sometimes, students mistake our model wind turbines for a fan. While a fan uses electricity to produce wind, a wind turbine uses the wind to produce electricity!

S: http://learn.kidwind.org/learn/wind_basics_power (last access: 26 February 2015)

N: 1. The ability of the wind to do work per unit of time. Source 2, fiche 1, Anglais, Définition 1 – power%20in%20the%20wind
2. Often given in terms relative to a unit of cross-sectional area of the wind stream, for example in watts per square meter.

S: 1 & 2. TERMIUMPLUS.

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CR: wind energy