Wind Energy

First windmill used for electricity

Jul 1, 1887

Glasgow, Scotland by Proffesor James Blyth

A 12kW wind turbine built to charge 408 batteries

Dec 5, 1887

Ohio, US by Professor Charles F. Brush

Wind turbine tests begin to bring electricity to rural population of Denmark

Oct 4, 1895

Askov, Denmark by Scientist Poul la Cour

Jacobs Wind Factory opened, producing wind turbine generators

Aug 6, 1927

Minneapolis, US by Joe and Marcellus Jacobs

First megawatt wind turbine built and connected to power grid

Feb 5, 1941

Vermont, US

Gedser wind turbine built

Sep 15, 1956

Gedser, Denmark by Johannes Juul, a former student of Poul la Cour

Resarch begins into large commercial wind turbines

May 23, 1970

Ohio, US led by NASA

First windfarm built, consisting of 20 turbines

Nov 28, 1980

New Hampshire, US

First offshore windfarm created

Mar 6, 1991

Vindeby, Denmark

UK's first onshore windfarm opened

May 1, 1991

Cornwall, UK

UK's first offshore windfarm opened

Oct 3, 2003

North Wales, UK

Braes O'Doune windfarm opened

Aug 31, 2007

Scotland, UK

First floating wind turbine

Sep 8, 2009

Stavanger, Norway