A history of wind power

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Mankind has been making use of the power of the wind for thousands of years. The first machines driven by wind in forms of wind mills were invented more than 1000 years ago, potentially even much earlier.

When human beings started to use electricity, several engineers in various countries began soon experiments how wind energy could be converted into electric energy. The origins of these efforts to generate electricity from wind mills date back into the 1880s, when electricity was about to become a common technology in many parts of the world. In the last decades, wind technology has seen tremendous technological progress and has become a main pillar of the electricity supply in many countries around the world. End of 2022, wind turbines ... More: Official Press Release WWEA

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