MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN INDIA
MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES
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wind farm
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hydroelectric dam
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oil well
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steam-driven turbine
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wind farms. A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines distributed over an extended area. The land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other purposes.
Detailed explanation-2: -A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tamil Nadu – Tamil Nadu tops the list of states with the largest installed wind power generation capacity in the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wind power generation took place in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1887 and 1888, but modern wind power is considered to have been first developed in Denmark, where horizontal-axis wind turbines were built in 1891 and a 22.8 metre wind turbine began operation in 1897.
Detailed explanation-5: -In India, the largest wind farm cluster is situated from Nagercoil to Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Besides, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala. Lakshadweep and Maharashtra have important wind farms.