wind power: References & Edit History

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Noelle Eckley Selin
Associate Professor of Engineering Systems and Atmospheric Chemistry, Engineering Systems Division and Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Description	Contributor	Date
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Wind Power Electricity: The Bigger the Turbine, The Greener the Electricity?	Grace Young	Jun 15, 2025
Article thoroughly revised and updated.	Melissa Petruzzello	May 21, 2024
Add new Web site: U.S. Energy Information Administration - History of wind power.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 24, 2024
Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jun 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - WINDExchange - What Is Wind Power?	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 15, 2023
Added a description of the Hornsea One wind farm.	John P. Rafferty	Sep 30, 2019
Article revised and updated.	John P. Rafferty	May 01, 2018
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids! - Wind Energy Facts.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Mar 06, 2017
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Environment - Wind Power.	Gloria Lotha	Jul 19, 2013
Added images of wind turbines.	Richard Pallardy	Apr 05, 2011
Site of world's largest wind farm changed to Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas.	John P. Rafferty	Aug 25, 2010
Wind turbine diagram added.	John P. Rafferty	May 21, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Wind Power Works.	Shiveta Singh	Dec 25, 2008
New article added.	John P. Rafferty Noelle Eckley Selin	Sep 17, 2008