Your Questions About Wind Turbine Generators Wiki

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Each vertical vane is an airfoil (airplane wing) that generates lift as air passes by it. This lift is changed into rotational torque because of the position of the vane with respect to the vertical axle.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_axis_wind_turbine

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Yay. Science projects are a lot of fun, so I wish you luck with yours. 🙂

A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger.

There is a ton of info on the sites that are pasted below.

Http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-wind-turbines-work.htm
http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/65/1/How-wind-turbines-work.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/wind-power.htm

the first three seemed to be most helpful.
Good Luck 😉