Wind
The wind has been used to power ships for thousands of years, and windmills have also harnessed the wind. The earliest reference to a wind-driven grain mill is from the 9th century, though they may well have been in use a lot earlier.
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Articles
My story: Putting the wind in our sales BBC May 27 2005
Balloon shows wind turbine height BBC April 29 2005
China Eyes Turbines at Sea to Boost Wind Power RT April 25 2005
UNEP Releases First Results from International Effort to Map Some of the World’s Best Solar and Wind Power Sites UN Environment Programme April 18 2005
The beauty of wind farms NS April 16 2005
Windfarms, energy and politics BBC April 13 2005
Head to head: Wind farms BBC April 12 2005
Turbine shadows 'upset prisoners' BBC April 08 2005
Windmills Blow Ill for Birds Chicago Tribune April 04 2005
Europe takes lead harnessing wind.Toledo Blade April 03 2005 (Europe, USA)
Turbines approved amid criticism BBC March 16 2005 (Norfolk)
Western Wind Energy Signs Deal with Southern California Edison ENN March 11 2005
Experts show official wind power claims are hot air. Scotsman February 27 2005 (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies)
Anti-wind farm report dismissed. BBC February 27 2005 (German Energy Agency)
Turbine plans facing opposition BBC October 21 2004
Ill wind: Six big fears about wind farms BBC June 16 2004
Links
All Wind
American Wind Energy Association
British Wind Energy Association
Cape Wind
Crown Estate wind farms
Danish Wind Energy Association
Danish Wind Turbine Manufacurers Association
Economics of wind energy - Prospects and directions. Renewable Energy World
European Wind Energy Association
Great expectations - Large wind turbines
Green energy boost for Scotland (news article)
Horns Rev offshore wind farm
Illustrated history of wind power development (US)
Offshore Wind Energy Network (OWEN)
Offshore Wind Farms (British Wind Energy Association)
Offshore Wind Power
Q&A: Wind and wave power
Unit[e] generators
Vestas Wind Systems
Wind Energy Resource Information (RReDC) (US)
Windpower activities to try