Small wind turbines built by Marcellus and Joe Jacobs represented the state of the art in the 1930s and 1940s. Read more about it in Chapter 2 of my new book, The Wind Power Story: bit.ly/2BygvwB #windenergy #wind #electricity #windturbines #history #windpower

The largely unheralded Soviet Union 100‐kW wind turbine. It was built at Balaklava in the Crimea in 1931. It was the biggest wind turbine built up until that time. Read more about it in Chapter 3 of my book, The Wind Power Story: bit.ly/369z8oy

The infamous 1.25 MW Smith-Putnam wind turbine. It was the first wind turbine to break the megawatt size barrier. It was installed on a mountaintop in Vermont in 1941 and connected to the surrounding Vermont grid. Read more about it in my book, amzn.to/2qQKqxH.

ICYMI: The United States now has 100 gigawatts of wind energy installed! #100GW is enough to power about 32 million homes! cnbc.com/2019/10/31/us-…

What’s the best way to integrate and optimize high concentrations of distributed energy resources and respond to grid events rapidly? Researchers at NREL believe that the answer lies an autonomous microgrid, supported by machine learning. Read more on MGN: buff.ly/2PMujeZ

The mostly forgotten 100-kW Costa Head wind turbine. It was installed in Orkney, Scotland in 1953. Today, wind power in Scotland is the fastest-growing renewable energy technology. Read more about it in Chapter 5 of my book, The Wind Power Story: amzn.to/2OeT3KO

The EDF-funded 640‐kW Romani wind turbine. The turbine was located near Nogent Le Roi and began operation in March 1958. This represented France’s first significant contribution to wind power. Read more about it in Chapter 7 of my book bit.ly/2O3VLna.

The enduring 200-kW Gedser wind turbine. It was designed by wind power legend Johannes Juul, chief engineer at the South Jutland Electricity Laboratory (SEAS), and put into operation in 1959. Read more about it in Chapter 6 of my book bit.ly/2XLMCTz.

In #Germany, Ulrich Hütter’s 1959 100‐kW WE‐34 wind turbine was revolutionary in many ways. Its lightweight, high-speed design was a precursor to modern #windturbines. Read more about #windpower in Chapter 8 of my book, The Wind Power Story: amzn.to/2OJ0tHy.

America's Next Moonshot: Erected in 1976, NASA’s 100‐kW MOD‐0 wind turbine was the first turbine designed and constructed as part of the US Federal Wind Energy Program (FWEP). Read more about it in Chapter 10 of my book, The Wind Power Story: amzn.to/2OJ0tHy.

The Wind Power Story made it to the Best New Wind Energy Books! I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Wind Power Story: A Century of Innovation that Reshaped the Global Energy Landscape", made it to BookAuthority's Best New Wind Energy Books: bit.ly/2Hml144.

We just broke the top 10! My book on #windenergy #technology #innovation is now number 7 on Amazon's list of Wind Energy books. Thank you to those who helped make this book a success. If you haven't checked it out yet, you can find it here: lnkd.in/gYyruv4.

IEEE Press recently had an informative discussion with Brandon N Owens on his book The Wind Power Story available from @WileyEngineer here: bit.ly/2KVHkTi #innovation #technology #sustainability #alternativeenergy #climatechange #energy #renewables #greentech

Part I in series of videos that summarize my recent book, The Wind Power Story, published by IEEE Press, and available from @WileyEngineer here: bit.ly/2KVHkTi #innovation #technology #sustainability #alternativeenergy #climatechange #energy #renewables #greentech

Part II in series of videos that summarize my recent book, The Wind Power Story, published by IEEE Press and available from @WileyEngineer here: bit.ly/2KVHkTi #innovation #technology #sustainability #alternativeenergy #climatechange #energy #renewables #greentech

Part III in series of videos that summarize my recent book, The Wind Power Story, published by IEEE Press and available from @WileyEngineer at bit.ly/2KVHkTi. Retweet if you find this interesting. #windenergy #windpower #climatechange

Part IV in series of videos that summarize my recent book, The Wind Power Story, published by IEEE Press and available from @WileyEngineer at bit.ly/2KVHkTi. #windenergy #windpower #climatechange

Part V in series of videos that summarize my recent book, The Wind Power Story, published by IEEE Press and available from @WileyEngineer at bit.ly/2KVHkTi. #windenergy #windpower #electricity #EnergyTransition

Part VI in series of videos that summarize my recent book, The Wind Power Story, published by IEEE Press and available from @WileyEngineer at bit.ly/2KVHkTi. #windenergy #windpower #electricity #EnergyTransition

Glad my recent book on wind power innovation made it onto this list of important wind energy books to read in 2021. If you want to get a handle on @windpower Bloomberg Technology Observer Business, this is a good place to start. lnkd.in/g66PH-r