WIND ENERGY

Sep 10, 2012

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WHAT IS WIND ENERGY?. Wind Energy is the energy contained in the force of the winds blowing across the earth's surface. Wind is created when air that has been warmed over sun-heated land rises, leaving a vacuum in the space it once occupied. Cooler surrounding air then rushes in to fill the vac

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WIND ENERGY

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