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The invention of wind energy [1]

Windmills have been turning for millennia, but they have only been producing electricity for 125 years. Scotsman James Blyth is regarded as the inventor of the technology, He could not celebrate his success, as electric power was seen as the work of the devil.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2012
Daniel Hautmann [2]
New Energy [3]
2
62-65
Tags:
Wind Energy [4], Renewable Energy [5], History [6], Electricity [7], United Kingdom (UK) [8]
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