As wind blows it generates kinetic energy, which is energy from movement. This turns the blades on a turbine, which then causes a shaft (drive shaft) within the system to rotate (view diagram below).

Salt River Project is now drawing clean energy from 50 towering turbines swirling west of Flagstaff, with the electricity produced there allocated to a Google data center being built in Mesa. SRP ...

Across the world, wind power is growing fast—but not fast enough. To meet climate goals and reach carbon neutrality, the United Nations says global wind energy must triple in the next ten years.