Light Info :

Basic Operating Principles of Wind Turbines
Features of a wind turbine
Resources for Educators (And a few for kids too!)
Pictures of wind turbines
Questions and Answers (Including a few cost figures) from the Department of Energy.
Quick Facts about wind energy

Additional Information :

Windpower Today - Highlights of the 1998 Department of Energy's Wind Energy Program
Northern Alternative Energy's Bibliography (A goldmine for informational books on the subject)
The American Wind Energy Association
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory's
National Wind Technology Center
National Wind Coordinating Committee

For a more advanced look at wind power, go through the tour on this page - Guided Tour on Wind Energy. It's long, and you might have to pull out a dictionary a couple times to look up words you don't understand, but the end result is worth it.

Many thanks are given to the people at :
The Northern Alternative Energy (www.windpower.com)
The American Wind Energy Association (http://www.igc.apc.org/awea/index.html)
The US Department of Energy's Wind Energy Program (http://www.eren.doe.gov/wind/wind_home.html)

All the material found on this page can be found on the one or another of the above pages.

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