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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: ACS Publication - Environmental Science and Technology - Wind Power Electricity: The Bigger the Turbine, The Greener the Electricity? | Oct 16, 2026 | ||
| Added a timeline of milestones in wind power history. | Jun 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Wind Power Fundamentals (PDF). | Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Effects of turbine technology and land use on wind power resource potential (PDF). | Nov 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ACS Publication - Environmental Science and Technology - Wind Power Electricity: The Bigger the Turbine, The Greener the Electricity? | Jun 15, 2025 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | May 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Energy Information Administration - History of wind power. | Apr 24, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - WINDExchange - What Is Wind Power? | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Added a description of the Hornsea One wind farm. | Sep 30, 2019 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 01, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids! - Wind Energy Facts. | Mar 06, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Environment - Wind Power. | Jul 19, 2013 | ||
| Added images of wind turbines. | Apr 05, 2011 | ||
| Site of world's largest wind farm changed to Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas. | Aug 25, 2010 | ||
| Wind turbine diagram added. | May 21, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Wind Power Works. | Dec 25, 2008 | ||
| New article added. | Sep 17, 2008 |
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