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Useful references:

  1. The Verve Energy website at:
    External site link www.verveenergy.com.au
  2. The ResFiles website at:
    External site linkwww.rise.org.au/info/Res/wind/index.html
    External site linkwww.rise.org.au/info/Tech/index.html
  3. The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering at:
    External site link www.atse.org.au/
  4. The “power-technology.com” website at:
    External site link www.power-technology.com
  5. Canberra energy utility ActewAGL website at:
    External site link www.actewagl.com.au/
  6. The Australian Antarctic Division website at:
    External site link www.aad.gov.au/
  7. The European Wind Energy Association at:
    External site link www.ewea.org/
  8. International Energy Agency website at:
    External site link www.iea.org/
  9. Alliant Energy Kids website at:
    External site link www.alliantenergykids.com
  10. Twelve informative fact sheets on wind energy are available from the Australian Wind Energy Association’s website at:
    External site link www.auswind.org/auswea/index.html
  11. Alinta website at:
    External site link www.alinta.net.au
  12. Stanwell Corporation Limited at:
    External site link www.stanwell.com
  13. Pacific Hydro Limited at:
    External site link www.pacifichydro.com.au
  14. Hydro Tasmania at:
    External site link www.hydro.com.au/home
  15. The “Flinders University” website about wind mill technology at:
    External site link www.es.flinders.edu.au/~mattom/science+society
  16. The “Shipley Windmill” website at:
    External site link www.shipleywindmill.org.uk/sec.htm
  17. “The Illustrated History of Wind Power Development” at:
    External site link telosnet.com/wind/early.html
  18. The “Yahoo! Geocities” website - “List of Windmills in Australia” at:
    External site link au.geocities.com/ozwindmills/company.htm
  19. “The Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability” website at:
    External site link www.deus.nsw.gov.au/
  20. “Westwind Wind Turbines” website at:
    External site link www.westwind.com.au/
  21. The “POWERCORP” website at:
    External site link www.pcorp.com.au/
  22. The “W.D. Moore & Co.” website at:
    External site link www.wdmoore.com.au/
  23. The “Country Energy” website at:
    External site link www.countryenergy.com.au/
  24. The “EnergyAustralia” website at:
    External site link www.energy.com.au/energy/ea.nsf/Content/Splash
  25. The “Centre for Energy” website about the “Wind energy timeline” at:
    External site link www.centreforenergy.com/silos/wind/windEnvironment
  26. “The Technical University of Denmark” website about the “Wind Turbine Photo Gallery” at:
    External site link www.afm.dtu.dk/wind/turbines/gallery.htm
Wind Energy
Introduction  
What is wind energy?  
The advantages
of wind energy
 
The disadvantages of wind energy  
The history and development
of windmills
 
The development
of wind turbines
for electricity generation
 
Recent
developments
 
Wind turbine systems  
Types of
wind turbines
 
How modern wind turbines work  
Wind energy
around the world
 
Australia harnesses wind energy  
Western Australia
is a wind energy pioneer
 
Conclusion  
useful References  
 

 

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