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…
- Intro to Sustainable Energy (class notes and lectures)
- Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion
- Infrastructure and Energy Technology Challenges
- Engineering, Economics, and Regulation of the Electric Power Sector

Wind Energy Design by Corke and Nelson (Textbook)
300+ level Textbook on conceptual, mathematical, and engineering design of wind farms (available for purchase)

Labs/Projects
There is a wealth of free classroom/homework project ideas on YouTube and scattered throughout the internet, here are a few:
4 Wind Turbines of varying complexity (Youtube tutorial)
- 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
- Excellent Video and written instructions
- Seems to have about 20-100W actual output at a good wind site (15ish MPH average) from comments (Advertises 1 KW)
Notes
Hyperphysics (Staff Pick)
Excellent notes with illustrations on a broad range of scientific topics from Georgia State University
Fluid flow and airfoil notes

National Energy Education Development Project
Intro to Wind notes for students
A small 101-level collection of wind energy notes including history, basic physics, types of turbines, etc. Great early reading for a college course.

Individual Courses
A collection of free online courses
4-5 hour Renewable Energy course
Simple, Fast-paced, material-dense 10-minute youtube videos with serious production value and graphics
The Engineering Challenges of Renewable Energy: Crash Course Engineering #30
23 10-minute lecture videos from different professors covering turbine blade design to grid connection to economics
Earth Science 102: Weather and Climate College course
- 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.
Databases
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
A renewable energy lobbying association with data, news, and a publication database
Wind energy map (farms and plants)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
A publicly funded program dedicated to furthering energy efficiency and sustainability
Info Portal, Airfoil design project resource, simulation, and design CAE tools
General Public Data Catalog (Excellent student research resource)