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Technology Quarterly - A brief history of wind power

The Economist Newspaper Ltd

The Economist Newspaper Ltd - Technology Quarterly - A brief history of wind power

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Mankind has been harnessing the wind, with sails and windmills, for thousands of years. But in recent decades this ancient technology has been given a new twist, as wind power has become an important and fastgrowing source of renewable energy around the world.


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Rational consumer: Small is beautiful - How to choose a netbook



Space solar power: Let the sun shine in - A sci-fi scheme edges closer


Cyberwarfare: Botnets, attack! - Do cyberattacks count as war?


Case history: Winds of change - A brief history of wind power


Internet overload: Surviving the exaflood - Will video crash the internet


Clean technology: Masdar plan - Abu Dhabi's ambitious ecocity


Brain scan: Enlightenment man - A profile of Sergey Brin, who believes in sharing information

 

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Publisher: The Economist Newspaper Ltd

Copyright: The Economist Newspaper Ltd, December 2008

Publication date: 08/05/2009

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