wind turbine 3D Model

this is a simple wind turbine to be used in presentations or as a back ground low in detail but effective Wind turbine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about wind-powered electrical generators. For wind-powered machinery used to grind grain or pump water, see Windmill and Windpump. Offshore wind farm, using 5 MW turbines REpower 5M in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium. Part of a series on Renewable energy Biofuel Biomass Geothermal Hydropower Solar energy Tidal power Wave power Wind power Topics by country 100% renewable energy Marketing and policy trends v t e A wind turbine is a device that converts the wind's kinetic energy into electrical power. The term appears to have been adopted from hydroelectric technology (rotary propeller). The technical description of a wind turbine is aerofoil-powered generator. As a result of over a millennium of windmill development and modern engineering, today's wind turbines are manufactured in a wide range of vertical and horizontal axis types. The smallest turbines are used for applications such as battery charging for auxiliary power for boats or caravans or to power traffic warning signs. Slightly larger turbines can be used for making contributions to a domestic power supply while selling unused power back to the utility supplier via the electrical grid. Arrays of large turbines, known as wind farms, are becoming an increasingly important source of renewable energy and are used by many countries as part of a strategy to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.