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5000 BCE
The First use of Wind Mills
People used wind energy to propel boats along the Nile River. http://windenergyfoundation.org/about-wind-energy/history/
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200 BCE
Different Windmills in Different Places
In China simple windmills were pushing water, and over in the Middle East and Persia vertical-axis windmills with woven reed sails were crushing grain. http://windenergyfoundation.org/about-wind-energy/history/
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1000
Windmills Always Changing
People in the Middle East used windmills mainly for food manufacturing. Travelers returning to Europe brought this idea back with them. The Dutch changed up the windmill so it could drain lakes and marshes in the Rhine River Delta. http://windenergyfoundation.org/about-wind-energy/history/
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https://www.google.com/search?q=rhine+river+delta&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJzOibgvTXAhVE9YMKHfM5BLkQ_AUICigB&biw=1404&bih=635#imgrc=JCCPl_mW_tWt9M: -
Wind Turbines in the New World
When colonists took this wind technology to the New World, they started using windmills to push water. This new tech was used on farms and ranches. Later it was used to generate electricity for industry. http://windenergyfoundation.org/about-wind-energy/history/
Picture: https://www.google.com/search?q=rhine+river+delta&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJzOibgvTXAhVE9YMKHfM5BLkQ_AUICigB&biw=1404&bih=635#imgrc=JCCPl_mW_tWt9M: -
A New Kind of Electricity
American colonists used windmills to crush wheat and corn, pump water, and to cut wood at sawmills. With the development of electric power, wind power found new applications in lighting buildings mainly from wind generated power. http://windenergyfoundation.org/about-wind-energy/history/
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20th Century Wind Turbines
Small wind plants, mainly for farms and residences, and bigger utility-scale wind farms that could be connected to electricity grids were thought up of, and created. The wind turbine was patented by Putnam Palmer Cosslett. http://windenergyfoundation.org/about-wind-energy/history/
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Oil Crisis
The cost in oil went up by a lot, it was to expensive for most people so they came up with the idea to use more renewable energy especially electricity generated with wind turbines. The government was forced to help fund in this type of renewable energy.
http://www.thirdplanetwind.com/energy/history.aspx
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Wind Turbines Today
‘’Today, wind-powered generators operate in every size range, from small turbines for battery charging at isolated residences to large, near-gigawatt-size offshore wind farms that provide electricity to national electric transmission systems.’’ (timelapse graphic) https:/www.energy.gov/windreport
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https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/mega-wind-turbine/
