Wind Technology

The huge growth in activity surrounding wind energy has resulted in a wealth of information about all its many aspects. So please let us know if you find inaccuracies or if there are worthwhile efforts whose contact information does not appear.

Anemometry & Wind Resource Assessment

• ART Sodar Home Page
• NRG Systems: Measuring the Wind's Energy
• National Buoy Data Center
• NDBC Historical Data
• NOAA National Data Buoy Center
• Second Wind Inc.
• AWS Truewind
• Vaisala - Wind
• Western Windpower
• Etesian Technologies - wireless anemometers

General and History

• Wind Energy Resource
• Wind Power -- An Illustrated History of its Development
• Overview of Worldwide Wind Generation
• Sandia National Laboratories - Wind Energy Technology
• European Wind Energy Information Network
• Wind mills of Cape Cod
• Illustrated History of Wind Power Development
• Wind Power Photos
• Smith-Putnam Industrial Photos
• Wind Names
• Heiner H. Dörner Wind Energy page

Wind Turbine Design

• Design
• Rotor design
• Wind energy text book by Gary Johnson, 1985
• Introduction to Wind Energy - Steering committee Wind energy Developing countries 1982
• NREL - Predicting Ultimate Loads for Wind Turbine Design
• Bladed for Windows
• DOE Site on How a Wind Turbine Works

Hybrid Power Systems

• Danvest: Wind diesel for remote areas
• Battery Charging Wind Diesel System

Offshore & Ocean

• www.offshore-wind.de
• Concerted Action on Offshore Windenergy in Europe
• Ocean wind energy network
• Bishop and Clerks lighthouse
• Cape Light Compact