By David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout
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Power grids distribute electricity to many homes and businesses. Wind farms may have a few turbines, or hundreds of them. Depending on the number of turbines and their size, a wind farm generates enough electricity for hundreds, or even thousands of homes. 32 33 CHAPTER ELEVEN World Wind There are thousands of wind farms in more than 70 countries. Germany has more wind farms than any other place in the world. A German company builds the world's largest turbines, and has installed several of them.
Many places in the world do not have sufficient winds to support a wind farm. In addition, some people oppose new wind farms because of their size, appearance, and the impact they have on wildlife. 38 Conservation groups claim migratory bat and bird populations suffer, because they occasionally fly into spinning turbine rotors. Government agencies, turbine companies, and conservation groups study the flight paths of these animals before new wind farms are constructed. 39 Wind... is the fastest growing energy source worldwide.
Wind farms may have a few turbines, or hundreds of them. Depending on the number of turbines and their size, a wind farm generates enough electricity for hundreds, or even thousands of homes. 32 33 CHAPTER ELEVEN World Wind There are thousands of wind farms in more than 70 countries. Germany has more wind farms than any other place in the world. A German company builds the world's largest turbines, and has installed several of them. The giant machines are 453 feet (138 meters) tall. The diameters of the rotors are 413 feet (126m).