Well it certainly does, and has done for millennia.  Wind has powered sailing vessels; it has also powered grain grinding mills.  These became known as windmills.  The wind has also been used to power water pumps — these were still called windmills but in reality wind pumps would have been a more accurate term.

More recently the wind has been used to drive turbines that produce electricity.  Quite simply the wind, acting on the blades or sails of the turbine, causes the turbine to spin thus turning the shaft on which the blades or sails are mounted.  The power of this spinning shaft is then used to drive an electric generator.

It is really a very simple process which can be adapted to drive small domestic wind power turbines through to huge commercial turbines.

Many people these days build their own wind turbines and in doing so save a considerable amount of money when compared with the commercial product.  Many excellent guides are available on the Internet which take the do-it-yourself handyman through the process of building and installing domestic wind power.

Be mindful that it is important to study wind data for your area.  In some districts it may be necessary to build more than one turbine.

If you are careful and selective in choosing materials and components it is quite possible to produce a domestic wind power turbine for as little as $100.

It is also possible to produce so much domestic wind power that your power company will be paying you for the power you inject into their grid.  

But even better, by producing your own power will be making a contribution toward the reduction of both CO2 and the greenhouse effect and in so doing you will help to reduce mankind’s carbon footprint.

There are many good guides available on the Internet which will show you have to build an excellent wind turbine but in our view, probably the best of these publications is Green Power Easy’s wonderfully simple Guide to Alternative Energy. Get complete details as to how this remarkable guide can help you save significantly on your power bills by clicking here.

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