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Utility-scale wind farm

Recorded year1980

The first wind farm in New Hampshire, then California's 1980s boom, turn wind into grid power with composite blades.

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Built on

National electricity gridRecorded · 1926enables
Carbon-fibre compositesRecorded · 1963enables

Led to

Offshore wind farmRecorded · 1991enables
Sand batteryRecorded · 2022enables
Green ammoniaRecorded · 2025enables
Gigawatt green ammonia exportsForecast · ~2027enables
Green hydrogen at scaleForecast · ~2028enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.