Harnessing the Wind's Might A History of Wind Energy Utilization

Government requirements and financial incentives for renewable energy in the United States and in other countries have contributed to growth in wind power. The first wind turbines used to produce electricity date back to the 1970s. In France today, wind power is the second most used renewable energy source behind ... I have noticed for a while that the same few "unusual" wind turbine designs seem to crop up over and over again as a "new" wind technology. 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 ... 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. Ingrained in our world history, people have been using wind energy for thousands of years. · Wind turbines – the modern version of a windmill – ... 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 ... From layoffs to skilled labour shortage: wind makes for volatile job machine ... Wind power has been the most important creator of jobs in the ... It now has five turbines of the 62 planned operating at full capacity and is currently generating 68 megawatts (MW) of power, enough to power ... Advances in wind turbine technology and increased interest in renewable energy sources have led to a rapid expansion of the wind energy industry in the ...