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Wind Energy
This exhibit along together with Sun Energy show the physics of
two popular alternative energy sources. Sun Energy models
day-night and seasonal solar energy at several points on the
globe. Visitors can see why we get winter - it's not because the
earth is further away from the sun then, and why summer days are
longer, and why the arctic regions are the land of the midnight
sun. In Wind Energy we allow the visitor to discover how the
pitch and diameter of a windmill turbine is related to how much
energy we can get from the wind and how little wind is required
to drive the turbine. These are great examples of the mechanical
genius we bring to our exhibit development.
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