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The diagram of the wind turbine above is a side view of a horizontal axis wind turbine with the turbine blades on the left. Most modern wind turbines are built with a horizontal-axis similar to the one seen in the figure.

How does wind generate electricity? Wind energy diagram below depicts the process of converting wind energy into electrical energy and various components involved, such as wind mills, batteries, generators, transformers, grid and inverters.