History of Aeolian energy
Egyptians may have been first who have used the energy generated by wind when they navigated on the Nile upstream, around the IV century B.C., followed by many others, including Christopher Columbus when he discovered America in 1492, being propelled by the wind.
Wind energy has been exploited overland when the first wind mill was built in ancient Persia in VII century. Since then wind mills are used for grinding wheat, pumping water, wood cutting, or to provide other forms of mechanical energy.
But on large-scale appeared only in the twentieth century, with the advent of modern “wind mills”- wind turbines that can generate energy of 250 to 300 kilowatts.
Improvements to the rotors and propellers, combined with an increasing number of turbines installed, resulted in an enlargement of power wind energy by about 150% from 1990.
Egyptians may have been first who have used the energy generated by wind when they navigated on the Nile upstream, around the IV century B.C., followed by many others, including Christopher Columbus when he discovered America in 1492, being propelled by the wind.
Wind energy has been exploited overland when the first wind mill was built in ancient Persia in VII century. Since then wind mills are used for grinding wheat, pumping water, wood cutting, or to provide other forms of mechanical energy.
But on large-scale appeared only in the twentieth century, with the advent of modern “wind mills”- wind turbines that can generate energy of 250 to 300 kilowatts.
Improvements to the rotors and propellers, combined with an increasing number of turbines installed, resulted in an enlargement of power wind energy by about 150% from 1990.
