Wind turbine
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![James Blyth's electricity-generating wind turbine, photographed in 1891](/Images/godic/202501/18/James_Blyth's_1891_windmill1819.jpg")
![The first automatically operated wind turbine, built in Cleveland in 1887 by Charles F. Brush. It was 60 feet (18 m) tall, weighed 4 tons (3.6 metric tonnes) and powered a 12 kW generator.[8]](/Images/godic/202501/18/Wind_turbine_1888_Charles_Brush1819.jpg")
![Nordex N117/2400 in Germany, a modern low-wind turbine.](/Images/godic/202501/18/N117,_Hohenahr_71819.JPG")
A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into electrical power. The term appears to have migrated from parallel hydroelectric technology (rotary propeller). The technical description for this type of machine is an aerofoil-powered generator.