| With the increased costs of energy
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| | windmills were installed in the United
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| derived from fossil fuels, many consumers
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| | States. The main application was pumping
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| are interested in alternative sources of
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| | water for livestock and providing farm
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| energy. Unfortunately the market trend
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| | homes with a water supply.In the late
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| tells us that little to no relief in oil
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| | 19th Century, the first windmill to
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| prices is in sight. A great source of
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| | generate electricity was born! This was
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| power can be harnessed from the wind
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| | the Brush postmill in Cleveland Ohio, and
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| using electricity generating windmills.
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| | the year was 1888! The rotor was
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| Below is a brief history of wind power,
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| | approximately 17 meters in diameter. This
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| and how it came to be.Wind power has been
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| | windmill had a gearbox with a high spin
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| harnessed for many, many years. Nobody
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| | ratio attached to a DC generator.By the
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| knows for sure when man started using the
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| | middle 1920's, several small scale
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| wind's power to grind flour or pump
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| | systems were found across the Midwestern
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| water, but it is thought that the first
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| | plains and used to supply farms with
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| windmill appeared in the Persian region.
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| | electricity. These systems generally had
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| From there this windmill technology
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| | a 1 to 3 kilowatt output.1941 saw the
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| spread back to northern Europe. Windmills
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| | largest wind generator to date. This
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| crafted by the Dutch were used primarily
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| | generator's capacity was 1.25 megawatts.
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| to pump water.Windmills were definitely
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| | It was known as the Smith-Putnam machine.
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| not the first structures to harness the
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| | The rotor measured an astonishing 175
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| wind. This award belongs to the sailboat.
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| | feet in diameter.Today, many wind
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| More than likely, founded in small scale
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| | turbines are in operation from small
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| (small canoe with an animal skin as a
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| | scale residential systems that are
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| sail) the sailboat became the only way to
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| | affordable to the homeowner to large
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| cross large areas of water. The sailboat
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| | scale wind turbine farms that are used to
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| evolved into large ships moving great
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| | supply a large amount of electricity to
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| distances by using only wind as a source
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| | utility customers.For more information on
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| of power.Windmills on a smaller scale
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| | wind power, visit us online at is one of
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| showed up in America in the mid 19th
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| | the alternative energy sites Will Reece
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| Century. The Aermotor and Dempster design
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| | owns and operates. Please visit us
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| were invented and many are still in use.
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| | today!
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| From 1850 to 1970 more than 6,000,000
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