GEMET
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Thesaurus
wind power
Definition

Energy extracted from wind, traditionally in a windmill, but increasingly by more complicated designes including turbines, usually to produce electricity but also for water pumping. The power available from wind is proportional to the area swept by the rotating place and the cube of the wind velocity, but less than half the available power can be recovered.

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/9335