In just a few short decades
wind energy has matured dramatically, making wind one of
the fastest growing sources of electricity in the world
today. Due to technological advancements, policy
initiatives, and economic drivers, wind energy is now
able to make a cost-competitive contribution to our
growing energy needs.
Wind Turbine Technology:
Turbines today are sleek and slender machines, a far cry
from their bucolic wooden ancestors. Around the world,
wind turbines of all sizes have become a familiar sight;
ranging from home or farm-scale machines of 1 kilowatt
(kW), all the way up to arrays of large 3 megawatt (MW)
machines.