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Since 2,000 B.C.
Since when have wind turbines been used?
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The home of the Eiffel Tower.
What is France?
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50 meters.
How long are the blades?
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65,000,000,000 kWh per year.
How much wind energy is produced worldwide?
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Some wind turbines can kill bats and birds.
What is the impact on wildlife?
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500 homes.
How much can one wind turbine power?
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Home of Queen Elizabeth.
What is the United Kingdom?
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100 meters.
What is the diameter of the rotor?
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16,000,000,000 kWh per year.
How much wind energy is produced in the United States?
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If there's no wind.
When is energy not produced?
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Virtually none.
How much water does wind power use?
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Home of Bollywood.
What is India?
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100 meters.
What size towers are the turbines usually placed on?
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Enough power for 25 million homes yearly.
What is the potential wind energy production in the United States by 2020?
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More than quadrupled.
By how much has wind energy generation increased between 2000 and 2006?
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Nearly 30 trillion.
How many water bottles of water will wind power save by 2030?
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Where most things we purchase are made.
What is China?
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160 meters.
What is the height the tip of the blades can reach?
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17 to 39 times as much as they consume.
How much power do wind power farms generate?
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The answer to one third of the world's electricity needs will be met by wind energy.
What do experts predict will happen by 2025?
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In China and Persia.
Where were wind mills first developed?
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Home of Queen Letizia, Eleanor, Princess Of Asturias, And Infanta Sofia.
What is Spain?
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Can have a diameter of up to 15 meters and can be placed on 30 to nearly 50 meter towers.
What is the size of wind turbines for homes and farms?
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6 million U.S. homes.
How many homes can 65,000,000,000 kWh per year power?
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Wind turbines make a lot of noise.
What is a reason of complaints?
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