{"id":9209,"date":"2016-04-30T08:01:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T08:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ierek.com\/news\/?p=9209"},"modified":"2016-04-30T08:47:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T08:47:27","slug":"wind-turbines-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ierek.com\/news\/wind-turbines-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How wind turbines work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you pass by a wind turbine farm, you cannot help but wonder at how large they are and the power they produce. But thought the technology of these turbines might seem a bit recent, but their origin tracks back as far as 200 B.C. as they used back then the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ierek.com\/events\/alternative-renewable-energy-quest\/\">wind energy<\/a> in traditional windmills for grain grinding and water drawing, and by the year 1888 the first wind turbine that creates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ierek.com\/events\/alternative-renewable-energy-quest\/\">electricity<\/a> was first created in the U.S. and now they are used to power many things like neighborhoods, schools, telecom towers \u2026. etc.<\/p>\n<p>Well, if you are wondering about how these massive wind turbines work, please see the animated infographic below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saveonenergy.com\/how-wind-turbines-work\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/saveonenergy\/how-wind-turbines-work\/wind-turbines.gif\" alt=\"How Wind Turbines Work\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Created by SaveOnEnergy.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you pass by a wind turbine farm, you cannot help but wonder at how large they are and the power they produce. 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