Sponsored by In August 1998, Australia's first large- scale windfarm commenced operation near Crookwell in New South Wales.
Wind power is set to become an important means of generating electricity worldwide.
The world has never been short of wind. Now, technological advances are breathing new life into our use of wind power as a clean, renewable, cost-effective means of generating electricity. Wind has its turn The first electricity-generating wind turbines were invented in the United States and Europe in the late 1800s. In the early 1900s, as electricity became more widely available in towns and cities, many rural communities and homesteads turned to small-scale wind turbines for their electricity supply. Despite continued popularity in remote areas, wind power hasn't really had much puff as a means of generating electricity for the masses.