Wind power gathers speed
Further Reading
October 2008, pages 20-21
Wind power can do it now (by Mark Diesendorf)
Describes the status of wind power in Australia
March/April 2004
Renewables to the rescue? Wind and solar energy in Australia (by Ian Grey)
Looks at the capacity of Australia to meet its energy requirements using wind and solar power.
August 2005, pages 25-26
Wind energy: A waking giant (by Dominique La Fontaine)
Describes the potential for wind energy in Australia.
Autumn 2004
Mawson: Antarctica’s first wind-powered station
Reports on the opening of Antarctica’s first wind farm at Mawson.
7 June 2007
Getting wind farms off the ground
Explores the potential of flying generators.
No. 154, 2010, pages 16-19
Hastening slowly in the global renewables race (by Rachel Sullivan and Mary-Lou Considine)
Covers the renewable energy industry in Australia and Government initiatives to promote its development.
No. 149, 2009, page 149
Global wind power surges in 2008.
A brief article providing global statistics for wind energy.
No. 116, 2003, pages 8-9
Extreme power (by Wendy Pyper)
Describes the special wind turbines at Mawson Station in Antarctica.
1 July 2004, pages 12-13
Breezing into town (by Jonathan Knight)
Discusses the option of placing wind turbines on buildings in urban environments.
A collection of articles on energy and fuels is available.
8 October 2008, pages 32-35
Renewable energy: Anywhere the wind blows (by Rob Edwards)
Describes technological developments in harnessing wind energy
17 May 2008, pages 38-41
To make the most of wind power, go fly a kite (by Michael Brooks)
Discusses the use of kites as an alternative for providing wind power.
1 October 2007, pages 44-47
Rocks could be novel store for wind energy (by Daniel Pendick)
Investigates a novel approach to storing wind energy.
12 May 2007, page 4
Bats take a battering at wind farms
Looks at the threat of wind farms to bats.
12 January 2007, pages 39-41
A bank for wind power (by Tim Thwaites)
Looks at developments in the storage of power generated by the wind.
19 December 2006, page 7
An ill wind blows for UK turbines
Reports that the UK's wind farms are not delivering the power they were predicted to generate.
8 July 2006, pages 36-39
Gone with the wind (by Ed Douglas)
Looks at some potential environmental consequences of wind farms.
21 January 2006, pages 36-39
Every home should have one (by Mick Hamer)
Looks at the increasing number of people generating their own energy using roof-top solar panels or wind turbines.
12 November 2005, page 18
Wind power takes a battering (by Rowan Hooper)
Looks at the difficulties faced by wind power generation in the UK.
16 April 2005, page 20
The beauty of wind farms (by David Suzuki)
Presents arguments in favour of wind farms.
6 November 2004, page 19
Weather hots up under the turbines (by Kate Ravilious)
Reports that wind turbines can change air and temperature conditions.
31 July 2004
Power tower (by Rachel Nowak)
Looks at the project to build the world’s tallest wind tower.
Renewable Energy, 2006, pages 22-23
Blowing in the wind (by Kalpana Sharma)
Describes how India has become the world’s fourth largest generator of wind power.
February 2006
The wild card of distributed production
Looks at the role of renewable energy sources in the move away from centralised production of power in Europe.
September 2006, pages 60-69
The rise of renewable energy (by Daniel Kammen)
Looks at the growth of wind and solar energy technologies, the development of biofuels and the need for research and development.
Page updated July 2010.