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Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage.Wind power now has the capacity to generate 430 TWh annually, which is about 2.5% of worldwide electricity usage.The total amount of economically extractable power available from the wind is considerably more than present human power use from all sources.