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The Gansu Wind Farm in Gansu, China
The Gansu Wind Farm in Gansu, China

An aerial view of the Power County wind farm in Power County, Idaho, with Nordex N100/2500 turbines

Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work. Historically, wind power was used by sails, windmills and windpumps, but today it is mostly used to generate electricity. This article deals only with wind power for electricity generation. Today, wind power is generated almost completely with wind turbines, generally grouped into wind farms and connected to the electrical grid.

In 2022, wind supplied over 2,304 TWh of electricity, which was 7.8% of world electricity. With about 100 GW added during 2021, mostly in China and the United States, global installed wind power capacity exceeded 800 GW. 32 countries generated more than a tenth of their electricity from wind power in 2023 and wind generation has nearly tripled since 2015. To help meet the Paris Agreement goals to limit climate change, analysts say it should expand much faster – by over 1% of electricity generation per year. (Full article...)

Early morning at the 239 MW Lake Bonney Wind Farm.

Wind power is a type of power using wind turbines allowing for electricity to be made and stored without the use of fossil fuels, including the green power in Australia’s energy sectors. As of October 2023, the nation has an installed wind capacity of around 9,100 megawatts (MW). It accounts for approximately 5% of the country's total primary energy supply and 35% of its renewable energy supply. Australia's geographical features, including its southern regions and the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, are particularly conducive to wind energy development. Most of Australia's wind farms are situated in coastal areas.

In December 2022, the Federal Government officially designated the Bass Strait off Gippsland as Australia's first offshore wind zone. (Full article...)

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The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications. The term wind engine is also sometimes used to describe such devices. (Full article...)

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