Harnessing the Wind A History of Wind Energy Technology

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, ... The technological advances made with wind turbines have resulted in clear bottom line: Wind power is more efficient and affordable than it has ever been. The Haliade-X 13MW has been successfully tested and are being supplied to Dogger Bank wind farm, off the Yorkshire coast. A single sweep of its ... A wind turbine is a machine that converts kinetic energy from the wind into electricity. The blades of a wind turbine turn between 13 and 20 revolutions per ... Wind power has traditionally been a boom-and-bust business — booming in times when energy prices soar, and going bust they fall ... Low-solidity HAWTs are the most commonly used commercial wind turbines as well as the type most often represented through media sources. Those ... The development, manufacture, project management and servicing of onshore wind turbines has been the core competence and passion of the Nordex ... As the wind industry grows, so does the number of aging and damaged turbine blades that are being decommissioned and replaced with larger, more ... Most wind energy comes from turbines that can be as tall as a 20-story building and have three 200-foot (60-meter)-long blades. The wind spins the blades, which ... 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 ...