Wind Energy has become one of the most relied upon sources of renewable energy in the world. Below are examples of some of the incredibly innovative solutions to harness this clean and abundant power source.
Kudos to scientists, engineers, companies, philanthropists, communities, and individuals going forward and expanding this energy source in all shapes and sizes as seen below. As we come across new and exciting technology in this field, we will continue to add it to the growing list of ingenious developments and projects on this page and the Facebook Page for Managing Earth.
Find everything from massive wind farms serving entire communities to small turbines suitable for individual homes, farms, and businesses. Also find ‘do it yourself installations’ and more posts on the latest news in wind energy on our Pinterest Page.
Inceptive Mind: Video on Vortex Bladeless wind turbines
Devecitech created ‘Enlil’, a vertical smart wind turbine powered by the wind created by passing vehicles
Now This: The tallest Wind Mill in the world
Inceptive Mind: PowerPod, safe and powerful wind turbine designed for urban spaces
DIY Solar and Wind: Construct your own simple and less expensive windmill generator
Joe Doucet’s Kinetic Wall Wind Turbine uses an array of rotary blades that spin individually
ENGIE North America: Building the Energy Transition – From the Ground Up
O-Wind Turbine Catches Wind from any direction to Create Electricity
Renewable Energy World – Ten largest wind farm projects completed in the U.S. in 2021
DW Global Ideas: Wind-powered street lamp from Germany
Waste Ed: Tiny turbine captures wind energy from any direction
BBC: Prototype for Windswept Kite Wind Turbine
Watch a video from the American Wind Energy Association as they finish erecting a wind turbine.
Wind Energy Development – 
http://windeis.anl.gov/guide/basics/
Avant Garde Innovations‘s Small Wind Turbine, generating 3-5 kW hours of electricity daily
In The Know: Giant wind turbine floating 2,000 ft in the air powers 12 homes
Floating Wind & Solar Powered Desalination Plant
EuroNews: World’s first recyclable wind turbines will be turned into TVs in 30 years time
Small Wind Turbines Manufacturers
Small wind turbines
- Tesup (UK)
- Bornay (Spain)
- Enessere (Italy)
- Hi-VAWT (Taiwan)
- quietrevolution (United Kingdom)
- Southwest (USA) – closed 20 February 2013 which is now Primus windpower
- TUGE Energia (Estonia)
- Urban Green Energy (USA) – no longer manufacturing small wind turbines as of 2018
- SoyutWind (SOYUT Arge Taahhüt Enerji Mühendislik İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.),(Turkey
Large Wind Turbines Manufacturers
- China Guodian Corporation (China) – turbine brand United Wind Power
- CRRC (China)
- CSIC (Chongqing) – HZ Wind Power (China)
- Envision Energy (China)
- Goldwind (China)
- SANY (China)
- Shanghai Electric (China) (SEwind)
- Sinovel (China)
- GE Renewable Energy (USA)
- PacWind (USA)
- Elecon Engineering (India)
- Inox Wind (India) [2]
- RRB Energy Limited (India)
- Suzlon (India)
- World Wind (India)
- Enercon (Germany)
- Nordex SE (Germany)
- UNISON (South Korea)
- Hanjin (South Korea)
- Doosan (South Korea)
- Hyosung (South Korea)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea)
- Hitachi (Japan) – acquired the wind turbine business of Fuji Heavy Industries in 2012
- Japan Steel Works (Japan)
- Machine Sazi Arak (Iran)
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)
- Končar (Croatia)
- Mapna (Iran)
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy(Germany/Spain)
- STX Windpower (South Korea / The Netherlands)
- TECO (Taiwan)
- Vergnet (France)
- Vestas (Denmark) – the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines
- WEG (Brazil)
- Xant (Belgium)