I want to put one next to my house and need to know how to make it supply power to my home.

It has been in service for a few months now and still working great. Thanks to all those who have great web sites that provide info. You know who you are.

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The U.S. led the charge with a record-breaking 5,244-megawatt increase for a total of 16,818 megawatts—enough to power 4.5 million U.S. homes.

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Large wind turbines can produce 1.5 MW of electrical power. How many of the homes that require 1.2 kW could be powered by a big wind turbine? What are the limits of this type of power source?

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how does wind power work?
i know that
the turbine blades capture wind energy and start moving,
they spin a shaft that leads from the hub of the rotor to a generator
The generator turns that rotational energy into electricity.

but how does the generator turn the rotational energy into electricity?

please include a reference if you can.
thanks

The U.S?

People worrying about the harmful environmental effects of these two power sources along with nuclear power generation, was the reason these types of energy sources were supressed in the first place.

Would Americans trade off the Carbon dioxide emitting fuels for radiation, dead birds, and dead fish?

I’m all for it. I’d love to see our dependence on foreign oil reduced. I’m just wondering if the global warming crowd is going to clash with the Peta crowd.
Please not that a dam made for hydroelectrice power would destroy most species of fish upstream of that dam. This would then have wider effects on the larger ecosystem

In other words, humans will be ok, bears not so much.
And with the slower windmills comes the noise pollution….
Not to mention the number of windmills that would be needed to produce as much power as we use right now would probably cover the U.S.