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Subject: Is power generated from a wind turbine determined by rotation speed?

Date: Tue Feb 19 16:51:05 2008
Posted by Ian
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Area of science: Engineering
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Is the amount of energy produced by a wind turbine proportional to the speed of
blade rotation or the amount of torque created? I ask this because I was
thinking, if it is determined by speed of rotation, instead of large vertical
blades, smaller horizontal blades could be used which spin much faster.


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