Wind Energy

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Below is a list of all the worksheets included in this document.

1. Wind Energy Facts

2. Hourglass Timeline
3. Five More
4. Words to Know
5. Check Cross
6. Label Me
7. The Cycle
8. Windy Types
9. Let’s Renew
10. Mill and Turbine
11. Wind Power

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 Wind Energy Facts

Wind energy refers to the process of creating electricity using

the wind or air flows that occur naturally in the earth’s
atmosphere. Modern wind turbines are used to capture kinetic
energy from the wind and generate electricity.

HISTORY
● The first windmill used for the production of electric power was
built in Scotland in July 1887 by Prof James Blyth of Anderson's
College, Glasgow. Blyth's 10 metre (33 ft.) high, cloth-sailed wind
turbine was installed in the garden of his holiday cottage at
Marykirk in Kincardineshire, and was used to charge accumulators
to power the lighting in the cottage.
● Charles F. Brush designed and constructed a larger and heavily
engineered machine between 1887-1888 in Cleveland, Ohio. The
Brush wind turbine had a rotor that was 17 metres (56 ft.) in
diameter and was mounted on an 18 metre (59 ft.) tall tower.

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● With the development of

electric power, wind power
found new applications in
lighting buildings remote from
centrally-generated power.
● Throughout the 20th century,
parallel paths developed small
wind stations suitable for farms
Charles Brush's windmill of 1888, used or residences.
for generating electric power.
● Today, wind powered generators operate in every size range,
starting from tiny stations for battery charging at isolated
residences to massive turbines to power the grid.
● There are three main types of wind energy.

TYPES OF WIND ENERGY

● Utility-scale wind: Wind turbines that range in size from 100
kilowatts to several megawatts, where the electricity is delivered
to the power grid and distributed to the end user by electric
utilities or power system operators.
● Distributed or "small" wind: Single small wind turbines below
100 kilowatts that are used to directly power a home, farm, or
small business and is not connected to the grid.
● Offshore wind: Wind turbines that are erected in large bodies of
water, usually on the continental shelf. Offshore wind turbines are
larger than land-based turbines and can generate more power.

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WIND FARMS
● A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used
for production of electric power. A large wind farm may consist of
several hundred individual wind turbines distributed over an
extended area, but the land between the turbines may be used
for agriculture or other purposes. For example, Gansu Wind
Farm, the largest wind farm in the world, has several thousand
turbines. A wind farm may also be located offshore.
● In a wind farm, individual turbines are interconnected with a
medium voltage (often 34.5 kV), power collection system, and
communications network. In general, a distance of 7D (7 × Rotor
Diameter of the Wind Turbine) is set between each turbine in a
fully developed wind farm.
WIND TURBINES
● When the wind blows past a wind turbine, its blades capture the
wind’s kinetic energy and rotate, turning it into mechanical
energy. This rotation turns an internal shaft connected to a
gearbox, which increases the speed of rotation by a factor of 100.
That spins a generator that produces electricity.
● Typically standing at least 80 meters
(262 feet) tall, tubular steel towers
support a hub with three attached
blades and a “nacelle,” which houses
the shaft, gearbox, generator, and
controls. Wind measurements are
collected, which direct the turbine to
rotate and face the strongest wind, and Wind power generators in
the angle or "pitch" of its blades is Spain, near an Osborne bull.

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● A typical modern turbine will start to generate electricity when
wind speeds reach six to nine miles per hour (mph), known as
the cut-in speed. Turbines will shut down if the wind is blowing
too hard to prevent equipment damage.

WINDMILL AND WIND TURBINES

● Sometimes people use the terms
“windmill” and “wind turbine”
interchangeably, but there are important
differences between these two. People
have been using windmills for centuries
to grind grain, pump water, and do other
work. Windmills generate mechanical
energy, but they do not generate
electricity.
● In contrast, modern wind turbines are
Roscoe Texas wind highly evolved machines with more than
turbine and windmill 8,000 parts that harness the wind's
kinetic energy and convert it into
electricity.
HOW WIND ENERGY GETS TO YOU
● The turbines in a wind farm are connected so the electricity they
generate can travel from the wind farm to the power grid. Once
wind energy is on the main power grid, electric utilities or power
operators will send the electricity to where people need it.
● Smaller transmission lines, called distribution lines, collect
electricity generated at the wind project and transport it to larger
"network" transmission lines, where the electricity can travel
across long distances to the locations where it is needed.
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Hourglass Timeline
Create a timeline where you can sum up the history and
development of wind energy.

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Five More
Wind energy refers to the process of creating electricity
using the wind. Give five more facts about wind energy.

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Words to Know
Given below are words that are related to wind energy.
Search and write the meaning of each word.

WORDS TO KNOW

Wind turbine electric power

Offshore wind Windmill Wind farms
Mechanical energy Kinetic energy

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Check Cross
Tell whether the given information is True or False. Put
a check (✔) if the statement is true; cross (X) if not, on
the circles provided.

The first windmill used for the

production of electric power was
built in July 1897

Charles F. Brush designed and

constructed the brush wind turbine

Offshore wind turbines are larger

than land-based turbines and can
generate more power

Wind turbines generate mechanical

energy, but they do not generate
electricity

Wind energy refers to the process

of creating electricity using the
wind

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ANSWER KEY

The first windmill used for the

production of electric power was
built in July 1897

Charles F. Brush designed and

constructed the brush wind turbine

Offshore wind turbines are larger

than land-based turbines and can
generate more power

Wind turbines generate mechanical

energy, but they do not generate
electricity

Wind energy refers to the process

of creating electricity using the
wind

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Label Me
Wind turbines are highly evolved machines that
harness the wind's kinetic energy and convert it into
electricity. Research and label then describe each part
of the wind turbine.

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The Cycle
Wind energy is created by the uneven heating of the
Earth’s surface by the sun. Illustrate the cycle of wind
energy and write a brief explanation about it.

YOUR DRAWING

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Windy Types
There are 3 types of wind energy. Write and describe
each type below.

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Let’s Renew
Renewable resources are replenished naturally in
relatively short periods of time. Some examples of
these are wind, hydropower, and geothermal energy.
Cut out sample pictures of renewable resources as
shown below.

WIND
ENERGY

WINDMILL WIND TURBINE

HYDROPOWER
ENERGY

GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY

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Mill and Turbine

Sometimes people use the terms “windmill” and “wind
turbine” interchangeably, but these two have
differences. List down these differences below.

WINDMILL

WIND
TURBINE

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Wind Power
Denmark is the country with the highest penetration of
wind power, with 43.4% of its consumed electricity from
wind in 2017. Name some countries that are also using
wind power to supply their electric power grids.

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