Wind power builds to gale force.
Wind power builds to gale force.
- Financial Times 25 June 1999, 13(2) .
Reviews the wind turbine industry, which has grown to a significant force. Turbines are now 100 times more powerful than their 1970s predecessors, but are usually still more expensive than gas-fired power stations. Danish companies account for about 55% of the world industry. A Finnish company has designed a turbine using a vertical rotor which is more efficient, and quieter than the usual propellers.
WIND FARMS
DENMARK
FINLAND
Reviews the wind turbine industry, which has grown to a significant force. Turbines are now 100 times more powerful than their 1970s predecessors, but are usually still more expensive than gas-fired power stations. Danish companies account for about 55% of the world industry. A Finnish company has designed a turbine using a vertical rotor which is more efficient, and quieter than the usual propellers.
WIND FARMS
DENMARK
FINLAND