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When did humans use wind to generate electricity

Brush, an American engineer and inventor, used the very first large windmill to generate electricity. . Wind power has been used as long as humans have put sails into the wind. Wind-powered machines used to grind grain and pump water — the windmill and wind pump — were developed in what is now Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan by the 9th century. But when did people first start to harness the power of the wind? When was the first wind turbine created? What did wind energy look like and how has it evolved? Here we look at the. . Through history, the use of wind power has waxed and waned, from the use of windmills in centuries past to high tech wind turbines on wind farms today, and nowhere in history is that more evident than in the last century and a half.

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