WorksheetsHow much do you know about the history of wind power?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
When and where was the first known windmill created?
In China in the 3rd century.
In India in the 9th century.
In Persia in the 7th century.
In Russia in the 7th century.
The traditional European windmill became widespread around the year 1200, being especially common in Denmark and the Netherlands. They were used to mill grain. When did they start to get obsolete?
In the 18th century.
In the 20th century.
In the 17th century.
In the 15th century.
The first electricity-generating wind turbine was invented in Scotland in July of 1887. Professor James Blyth of Anderson College built a 10 meter high turbine with cloth sails in the garden of his cottage. What type of turbine was it?
A vertical-axis Savonius turbine.
A horizontal-axis turbine.
Just a few months later, Charles F. Brush, an entrepreneur, engineer, and inventor, built a wind turbine in Cleveland, Ohio. It has a horizontal turbine, similar in appearance to a traditional windmill. The rotor had a 17-meter diameter mounted on a 18-meter tower. How many blades did the rotor have?
202
122
244
144
Where were the first utility-scale wind turbines built in the 1930s?
In the US.
In the Soviet Union.
In the UK.
In Spain.
The first MW scale turbine was built in Castleton, Vermont, in 1941. Built by engineer Palmer Putnam, the turbine had a capacity of 1.25 MW and was connected to the power distribution system on a nearby mountain. It remained functional for just over...
10 hours
2 hours
1,100 hours
550 hours
Throughout most of the 20th century, coal and oil became the fuel of choice for a rapidly developing world. However, when in the 1970s shortages in the oil supply caused prices to skyrocket, the US government began to pour money into the development of alternative fuel sources. Which company lead a multiagency experiment into wind power with the goal of creating utility-scale wind-powered infrastructure in the US?
Boeing
NASA
General Motors
General Electric
In response to the oil crisis, California began handing out tax incentives to encourage the development of wind farms. Several wind farms sprouted up across the state, most notably the Altamont Pass Wind Farm. The towers built there gave rise to the current debate around...
the dangers of wind turbines to birds.
the noise the wind turbines make.
the problem with recycling the turbines' blades.
Which European country has one of the most robust wind industries in the world?
Denmark
UK
Sweden
Latvia
This is the biggest wind farm in the world.
Alta Wind Energy Centre, US
Jaisalmer Wind park, India
Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, UK
Jiuquan Wind Power Base, China
