Welcome to Windfarmer! I am a strong supporter of using wind to help our energy needs.
Check out the US Department Of Energy's Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program.
It is part of their Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy division. The site can be found at eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/
Global Wind Energy Council - http://www.gwec.net/
American Wind Energy Association - awea.org
European Wind Energy Association - ewea.org
British Wind Energy Association - bwea.org
Also check out the Wind Farm article on Wikipedia.
Offshore Wind Power
The University of Delaware's College of Marine Studies has a working group dedicated to offshore wind power. Visit their homepage at http://www.ocean.udel.edu/windpower/
It is estimated that there is 72 TW of worldwide land and near-shore wind resource. This is seven times the world's electricity demand and five times the world energy demand. Here are some nice wind power maps from the same site: http://www.ocean.udel.edu/windpower/ResourceMap/index-world.html
Sandia Wind Energy
Researchers have Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have long been working with wind as a source of power.
Here is an article from September 2003 discussing Sandia's attempt to make lighter, stiffer turbine blades that generate more power in less windy locations. http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN09-19-03/key09-19-03_stories.html#wind
GE Wind Energy
General Electric is the leading provider of wind turbines.
They offer three versions:
1.5 MW Wind Turbine
2.X MW Wind Turbine
3.6 MW Wind Turbine
Check out GE's Wind Turbine Technology page on GEPower.com
Airtricity
Airtricity develops and operates wind farms in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales and the United States.
Visit them at airtricity.com
GH WindFarmer
GH WindFarmer is wind farm design and optimization software. It can be found at garradhassan.com
Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin - Wind Engineering and Environmental Consulting - http://www.rwdi.com/
Windstream Power - http://www.windstreampower.com/
North American Windpower - nawindpower.com
Horizon Wind Energy - http://www.horizonwind.com/
Greater Gabbard - http://www.greatergabbard.com/
Windfarmer News
2007-01-24 19:25 PST
Wind-turbine construction is on the rise as U.S. power producers plan to spend over $4 billion this year to build 3,000 megawatts of wind-turbine generators. This is according to the American Wind Energy Association.
The extension of federal renewable-energy tax credits through 2008 is helping to make wind the second-fastest-growing power source in the United States, after natural-gas fired power plants.
10:44 AM 11/16/2006
CNBC just did a report on wind power, sending Jane Wells to Palm Springs. They mentioned PPM Energy, a division of the Scottish Power Company, that specializes in building windfarms.
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