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Renewable energy – wind (Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland, Australia)

Briefly explains how wind is formed and how turbines convert wind into power.
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/register/p00401aa.pdf

About wind energy (Clean Energy Council, Australia)

Provides information about wind energy in Australia. The categories for information include: Why wind energy works, Wind energy in Australia and The base-load power myth.
http://www.auswind.org/aboutwindenergy/

The power of the wind: Cube of wind speed (Danish Wind Industry Association)

Provides detailed information about wind and wind energy. Includes diagrams.
http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/enrspeed.htm

Wind (New South Wales Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability, Australia)

Provides a diagram of a wind turbine, how much energy wind can produce and specific examples of wind farms in New South Wales.
http://www.deus.nsw.gov.au/energy/Renewable%20Energy/Wind.asp

Renewable energy and electricity (Uranium Information Centre)

Presents an overview of different types of renewable energy sources and relates the use of renewable sources to electricity demands.
http://www.uic.com.au/nip38.htm

Australian Greenhouse Office

• Map of operating renewable energy generators in Australia
  Provides maps of proposed and operational renewable energy generators across Australia.
  http://www.agso.gov.au/renewable/
• Renewable energy commercialisation in Australia
  Lists the renewable energy projects that are being commercialized in Australia, including solar thermal and solar photovoltaics projects.
  http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/renewable/recp/

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• Community control 'key' to windfarms (News in Science, 25 July 2008)
  Evaluates the use of community owned wind farms in Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/07/25/2314473.htm?site=science&topic=latest

• Energy in the wind (Background Briefing, 4 April 2004)
  Looks at wind power as an alternative to coal.
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s1083409.htm

• Kickstarting Australia's wind power industry (Earthbeat, 18 August 2001)
  Discusses the importance of locally manufactured wind turbines.
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s350658.htm

• Australia's wind power future (Earthbeat, 29 April 2000)
  An interview with the president of the Australian Wind Energy Association.
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s123008.htm