Wind energy is one of the oldest sources of energy used by mankind, comparable only to the use of animal force and biomass. Ancient cultures, dating back several thousand years, took advantage of wind energy to propel their sailing vessels. There are references to windmills relating to a Persian millwright in 644 AD and to windmills in Persia in 915 AD.
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Wagner, HJ., Mathur, J. (2009). Wind Energy Today. In: Introduction to Wind Energy Systems. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02023-0_1
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