On a recent trip the wind turbines at Goldendale stood silhouetted in sunset, a symbol of quiet power and man's efforts to harness old energy sources in new ways. Wind Turbine facts: A wind turbine is a rotary device that extracts energy from the wind. If the mechanical energy is used directly by machinery, such as for pumping water, cutting lumber or grinding stones, the machine is called a windmill. If the mechanical energy is instead converted to electricity, the machine is called a wind generator, wind turbine, wind turbine generator (WTG), wind power unit (WPU), wind energy converter (WEC), or aerogenerator. ~ Wikipedia

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