As the wind hits the blades of a turbine, it begins to spin like a fan. That, in turn, spins a shaft inside the turbine. The shaft is connected to a generator that converts the spinning shaft’s kinetic energy (the energy of motion) into usable electrical energy.
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Shell is involved in building wind farms (groups of turbines) all over the world, including the London Array in the United Kingdom, one of the biggest offshore wind farms ever planned. Shell is already one of the biggest wind energy developers in the U.S., with wind parks in Texas, Wyoming, Idaho, West Virginia, California, and Hawaii. Modern wind power currently makes up less than one percent of the United States’ electricity. But 46 states are windy enough for commercial power production in the future.
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