Wind power in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is the best location for wind power in Europe and one of the best in the world. The combination of long coastline, shallow water and strong winds make offshore wind unusually effective.
Two of the wind turbines at the Black Law Wind Farm in Scotland
Blyth's "windmill" at his cottage in Marykirk in 1891
Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm.
Specialist trailers deliver turbine components to Dorenell Wind Farm.
Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work. Historically, wind power was used by sails, windmills and windpumps, but today it is mostly used to generate electricity. This article deals only with wind power for electricity generation.
Today, wind power is generated almost completely with wind turbines, generally grouped into wind farms and connected to the electrical grid.
Wind farm in Xinjiang, China
The world's second full-scale floating wind turbine (and first to be installed without the use of heavy-lift vessels), WindFloat, operating at rated capacity (2 MW) approximately 5 km offshore of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Roscoe Wind Farm: an onshore wind farm in West Texas near Roscoe
A turbine blade convoy passing through Edenfield in the U.K. (2008). Even longer 2-piece blades are now manufactured, and then assembled on-site to reduce difficulties in transportation.
