From Sails to Turbines The Remarkable History of Wind Technology

Wind power has traditionally been a boom-and-bust business — booming in times when energy prices soar, and going bust they fall ... Government requirements and financial incentives for renewable energy in the United States and in other countries have contributed to growth in wind power. For millennia, humankind has been aware of how valuable wind power can be in our daily lives, from sailboats to windmills. For over a century, ... While still in its nascent stages, airborne wind power could potentially be used in remote locations or flying from barges far offshore. By ... In recent years people have moved to harness wind power to generate electricity through the use of wind turbines. Wind power is one of the safest and cleanest ... Wind energy produced 4.7% of America's electricity in 2015. As of 2015, 40 states had at least some installed wind power systems, with the largest share on the ... Humans have used windmills to capture the force of the wind as mechanical energy for more than 1,300 years. Unlike early windmills, however, modern wind ... Just one turbine can make the electricity to power 16,000 homes a year. When you think we have multiple wind farms all around the UK, you can see that adds up ... Over the last decade, our wind energy capacity has nearly tripled. We have the largest market share of North American wind capacity. LEARN MORE. Did You Know ... Working with a 750 tonne capacity LR 1750/2, the 1,000 tonne capacity lattice boom crawler crane has erected a total of thirty wind turbines.