Wind power gathers speed
Useful Sites
Renewable energy – wind (Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland, Australia)
Briefly explains how wind is formed and how turbines convert wind into power.
Wind (Clean Energy Council, Australia)
Provides information about wind energy in Australia including how it works and wind energy in Australia and globally.
The power of the wind: Cube of wind speed (Danish Wind Industry Association)
Provides detailed information about wind and wind energy. Includes diagrams.
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.
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.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Community control 'key' to windfarms (News in Science, 25 July 2008)
Evaluates the use of community owned wind farms in Australia.
Energy in the wind (Background Briefing, 4 April 2004)
Looks at wind power as an alternative to coal.
Kickstarting Australia's wind power industry (Earthbeat, 18 August 2001)
Discusses the importance of locally manufactured wind turbines.
Australia's wind power future (Earthbeat, 29 April 2000)
An interview with the president of the Australian Wind Energy Association.
Page updated January 2010.