Windmill Generators

Windmill Generators are also known as wind turbines. Others also call it Wind energy converter or wind power unit. It is basically a spinning engine that changes the kinetic energy found in the wind into power or mechanical energy. There are terms that apply to the function of this engine. Such as the term windmill, this generally applies to machinery used to pump or grind stones which uses directly the mechanical energy. However, if the mechanical energy is yet used but still is converted further into electricity, the machinery is then termed as wind generator or wind turbine, or wind energy converter (WEC) or wind power unit (WPU). But regardless of the name preference it still is a controversy how windmill generators can be the solution to the economic condition of electric power supply and consumption. The questions like, would it sustain for a longer term use or just a temporary solution of the growing problem of electricity cost?

Law of Physics determine the power generation of a wind turbine. Theorized and proven by Albert Betz, a German physicist, he explained in his Betz Law how this machine produces or converts into electric energy. He further explained that the amount of energy transferred is absolutely relative to the area seized by the rotor, to the density of the air and the cube of the wind speed.

With this scientific explanation and the proof of the wind turbines working in its function and purpose, there is no doubt that a market niche is now slowly growing for windmill generators.