Wind Energy Education Resources

Links to educational resources for faculty, student, and public use

Lesson Plans and Texts

Public, free course lecture notes, problem sets, solutions, and occasionally full video lectures, including…

300+ level Textbook on conceptual, mathematical, and engineering design of wind farms (available for purchase)

There is a wealth of free classroom/homework project ideas on YouTube and scattered throughout the internet, here are a few:

1st is simplest and requires little materials and skills, 4th is complex and requires welding, basic fabrication skills
The creative use of materials and diverse engineering/tool techniques displayed (hand cutting metals using different tools, MIG welding, improvisational material use, fixture manufacturing are highly educational

“Instructables is a community for people who like to make things”

Sits on an exhaust fan and recollects electricity

Tidy outside of class projects for groups or individual students

Seems to have about 20-100W actual output at a good wind site (15ish MPH average) from comments (Advertises 1 KW)

Hyperphysics (Staff Pick)

Excellent notes with illustrations on a broad range of scientific topics from Georgia State University

Fluid flow and airfoil notes

A small 101-level collection of wind energy notes including history, basic physics, types of turbines, etc. Great early reading for a college course.

A collection of free online courses

Simple, Fast-paced, material-dense 10-minute youtube videos with serious production value and graphics

23 10-minute lecture videos from different professors covering turbine blade design to grid connection to economics

127 lecture videos
Not Free for professors (~$500 per year includes prof. and their students’ access)
Multiple chapters dedicated to wind, atmospheric pressure, ocean wind interactions, currents, etc.