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Useful sites | Wind power gathers speed |
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
Wind (Clean Energy Council, Australia)
Provides information about wind energy in Australia including how it works and wind energy in Australia and globally.
http://www.bcse.org.au/cec/technologies/wind.html
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.talentfactory.dk/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
Map of operating renewable energy generators in Australia (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts)
Provides maps of proposed and operational renewable energy generators across Australia.
http://www.agso.gov.au/renewable/
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
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