Topic:Wind energy

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Contents 1 Historical Information 2 Learning Resources 2.1 Engineering and Physics Background 2.2 Geography Related Lectures 2.2.1 Environmental Impacts 3 Wind Power Today 4 Organisations 5 See also 6 External links

This page covers the topic of Wind Energy and there are many aspects to it, to consider from the basic physics through to the engineering, the geographical aspects, environmental impacts to the state of the industry and its role in the global energy mix.

Wind Power has been rapidly growing over the past few decades and has now become a multibillion Euro high technology industry and parallel to this has been a growing awareness and interest in the subject itself which hopefully this course material can provide the necessary knowledge.

[edit] Historical Information

• History of Wind Power Development

[edit] Learning Resources

[edit] Engineering and Physics Background

• Energy - general discussion of Energy
• Wind and Weather -This lecture gives an overview of wind and it's relationship to the weather
• Global Wind Power Resource
• Principles of Wind Power
• Wind Power Technologies -This lecture covers the different types and designs of wind turbines
• Utility Factors of Wind Farms
• Integrating wind power into the electrical grid

[edit] Geography Related Lectures

• Siting of Wind Turbines on Land
• Siting of Wind Turbines Offshore

[edit] Environmental Impacts

• Wind Turbines and Bird Deaths
• Offshore Wind and Ocean Noise

[edit] Wind Power Today

• Overview of the Wind Power Industry
• By Country

[edit] Organisations

• European Wind Energy Association [1]
• American Wind Energy Association [2]
• Global Wind Energy Council [3]

[edit] See also

• Topic:Energy storage

[edit] External links

• Homebrew wind power