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Dutch windmill
By the 14th century, Dutch windmills were in use to drain areas of the Rhine River delta. Information from:Wikipedia -
electricity generating windmill
The first known electricity generating windmill operated, was a battery charging machine installed in 1887 by James Blyth in Scotland. Information from:wikipedia -
the first windmill for electricity production
The first windmill for electricity production in the United States was built in Cleveland, Ohio by Charles F Brush in 1888.
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megawatt-class wind turbine
http://www.google.com.hk/imgres?imgurl=http://files.gereports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/invenergy.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gereports.com/brazil-boosts-clean-gas-in-the-amazon-wind-in-the-east/&usg=__oJC3YYFYrv2aPyqf4uwB-yXe-2U=&h=334&w=500&sz=96&hl=zh-TW&start=19&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=c-C4KVYzlM0INM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmegawatt-class%2Bwind%2Bturbine%26hl%3Dzh-TW%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1In the fall of 1941, the first megawatt-class wind turbine was synchronized to a utility grid in Vermont. Information from:wikipedia -
Utility grid connected wind turbine
The first utility grid-connected wind turbine operated in the U.K. was built by John Brown & Company in 1954 in the Orkney Islands. Information from:wikipedia
