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Explain the working principle of generating electricity by using wind energy.

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1. Wind turbines use the wind’s kinetic energy to generate electrical energy that can be used in homes and businesses. Individual wind turbines can be used to generate electricity on a small scale – to power a single home, for example.
2. A large number of wind turbines grouped together, sometimes known as a wind farm or wind park, can generate electricity on a much larger scale.
3. A wind turbine works like a high-tech version of an old-fashioned windmill. The wind blows on the angled blades of the rotor, causing it to spin, converting some of the wind’s kinetic energy into mechanical energy.
4. Sensors in the turbine detect how strongly the wind is blowing and from which direction. The rotor automatically turns to face the wind, and automatically brakes in dangerously high winds to protect the turbine from damage.
5. A shaft and gearbox connect the rotor to a generator (1), so when the rotor spins, so does the generator. The generator uses an electromagnetic field to convert this mechanical energy into electrical energy.
6. The electrical energy from the generator is transmitted along cables to a substation (2). Here, the electrical energy generated by all the turbines in the wind farm is combined and converted to a high voltage.
7. The national grid uses high voltages to transmit electricity efficiently through the power lines (3) to the homes and businesses that need it (4). Here, other transformers reduce the voltage back down to a usable level.

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