The basics of electromagnetism and its use in onshore wind
We can create electrical energy by rotating magnets inside a coil of conductive wire. We just need something to make the magnets rotate.
Fossil-fuel power stations burn coal, gas, or oil to heat water, producing high pressure steam that drives a turbine and, in turn, an electrical generator.
But this also produces carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions, and relies on finite resources that need to be continually extracted from the ground and transported to the power station.
In a wind turbine, the magnets are instead rotated by the clean, natural, and unlimited power of the wind.