Most usually as in the past, to pump well water to irrigate their fields with. Holland is a good example with the way they pump water out of the swamps.
However, only recently, here in Wyoming a local farm installed a bunch of wind mills to generate electricity with & get paid by the power companies.
They don't realize that all actions have subsequent reactions. To burn oil is to create smoke. To install windmills will, as they will eventually find out, will slow the wind & slow the rotation of the Earth.
Overpopulation is the problem, not the answer.
Windmills use wind energy to generate electricity. The kinetic energy from the movement of the wind spins the turbine blades, which then turn a generator to produce electricity.
No, windmills do not make wind. Windmills use the wind to generate energy by converting the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical power that can be used to grind grain or generate electricity.
Windmills are renewable because they use the wind, a naturally occurring and inexhaustible resource, as a source of energy to generate electricity. As long as there is wind, windmills can continue to produce clean and sustainable power without depleting finite resources like fossil fuels.
Older windmills typically have a simpler design with smaller blades and lower efficiency compared to newer windmills. New windmills are larger and more advanced, with improved technology and taller towers to capture stronger winds at higher altitudes. Additionally, newer windmills can generate more electricity due to enhanced power conversion systems.
No, windmills and wind turbines are not the same thing. Windmills typically refer to older, traditional structures that use wind power to grind grain or pump water, while wind turbines are modern machines that convert wind energy into electricity. Wind turbines are larger and more efficient than windmills in generating power.
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Farmers used wind energy, the wind mills also pumped water as their blades swung.
Farmers used the following advancements during the Middle Ages: windmills, crop rotation, and iron plows.
err....yea.... windmills use wind, clue is in the title
Ummm . . . windmills use the wind to keep them turning. No biofuels are involved.
There is little rainfall on the Great Plain. Farmers had trouble raising crops without plenty of available water. Windmills powered water pumps that drew water up into storage tanks. Many farmers in the western states still use windmills to pump water because they do not rely on electricity.
I am doing giant windmills in class today and I just wondered if you could answer my question for me? This is my question: 'are giant windmills used anywhere already' thankyou!!!!!! As far as I know the biggest in use now is rated at 2 megawatts
They built windmills and plows
they helped farmers retrieve water from deep water aquifers
They built windmills and plows
they built irrigation systems to bring water to the formland
Windmills use wind energy to generate electricity. The kinetic energy from the movement of the wind spins the turbine blades, which then turn a generator to produce electricity.