Wind turbine size increase 1980 2011

Wind Energy

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  • First windmill used for electricity

    Glasgow, Scotland by Proffesor James Blyth

  • A 12kW wind turbine built to charge 408 batteries

    Ohio, US by Professor Charles F. Brush

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

    Askov, Denmark by Scientist Poul la Cour

  • Jacobs Wind Factory opened, producing wind turbine generators

    Minneapolis, US by Joe and Marcellus Jacobs

  • First megawatt wind turbine built and connected to power grid

    Vermont, US

  • Gedser wind turbine built

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

  • Resarch begins into large commercial wind turbines

    Ohio, US led by NASA

  • First windfarm built, consisting of 20 turbines

    New Hampshire, US

  • First offshore windfarm created

    Vindeby, Denmark

  • UK's first onshore windfarm opened

    Cornwall, UK

  • UK's first offshore windfarm opened

    North Wales, UK

  • Braes O'Doune windfarm opened

    Scotland, UK

  • First floating wind turbine

    Stavanger, Norway