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First windmill used for Electricity
Glasgow, Scotland -
Professor Charles F. Brush builds a 12kW wind turbine to charge 408 batteries stored in the cellar of his mansion.
Ohio, US -
Scientist Poul la Cour begins his wind turbine tests in a bid to bring electricity to the rural population of Denmark.
Askov, Denmark -
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A precursor to the modern horizontal wind generator is used in Yalta, generating 100kW.
Yalta, former USSR -
Joe and Marcellus Jacobs open the Jacobs Wind factory, producing wind turbine generators
Minneapolis, US -
The world's first megawatt wind turbine is built and connected to the power grid in Castleton, Vermont.
Vermont, US -
The Gedser wind turbine is built by Johannes Juul, a former student of Poul la Cour.
Gedser, Denmark -
The United States government, led by Nasa, begins research into large commercial wind turbines.
Ohio, US -
The world's first windfarm consisting of 20 turbines is built in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire, US -
In 1981 the 7.5mW Mod-2 is build by Nasa, followed in 1987 by the 3.2mW, two-blade wind turbine Mod-5B.
Washington and Hawaii, US -
The first offshore windfarm is created in Vindeby, in the southern part of Denmark.
Vindeby, Denmark -
The UK's first onshore windfarm is opened in Delabole, Cornwall.
Cornwall, UK -
The UK's first offshore windfarm is opened.
north Wales, UK -
Installed capacity of wind power in the UK reaches 2gW, with the opening of the Braes O'Doune windfarm, in Scotland, which produces 72mW of power.
Stirling, UK