The wind turbine, the technology that converts the kinetic energy of moving air into mechanical rotation and then electricity. Belongs here: wind-specific conversion technology, a single-member group at the current entity count, expected to grow as turbine variants such as horizontal-axis, vertical-axis and offshore-specific designs are minted.
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The first electricity-generating wind turbine was installed by the Austrian Josef Friedlander at the Vienna International Electrical Exhibition in 1883.
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