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Update April 2007: I’ve created a Google My Maps page for these locations: Wind Turbines from Space.

Messing about with Google Maps, I went looking for wind turbines. And yup, you can see ‘em:

Update, 3rd May: following my posting to awea-windnet, I got three more:

Thanks to David Wright for the California location, and Joe Duddy of RES (my old employer!) for the two from England. I’ve spent quite a bit of time on the latter two windfarms.

Update, 6 May: Found a couple more windfarms from space on googleglobetrotting.com:

Update, 20 June: Google now has worldwide coverage.

Update, 29 June:

  • McBride Lake, Alberta — image taken while in construction. You can see the tower sections and the blades laid out. You can even make out the crane installing one of the northern turbines. This is a Vision Quest Windelectric project.

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11 Responses to “wind turbines from space”

  1. scruss Says:
    May 5th, 2005 at 13:38:39
    I just found out that the Whitwater Hill (Palm Springs) image was Space Imaging’s Image of the Week for February 6, 2005. Great minds think alike!
  2. scruss Says:
    August 30th, 2005 at 15:40:38
    and for the true wind nerd, Paul Stalker found a 50m tower he installed on the Peigan First Nation, near Brocket, AB.
  3. scruss Says:
    February 6th, 2006 at 07:11:51
    Coal Clough Wind Farm looks a lot better with Google’s new imagery.
  4. scruss Says:
    April 3rd, 2006 at 19:07:09
    and here’s Peigan Indian Utility Corp./EPCOR Weather Dancer I Wind Turbine.
  5. nowak Says:
    May 13th, 2006 at 01:01:06
    The Toronto turbine is, I’m pretty sure, not there. Toronto’s maps in Google maps are fairly old. If you look a little north east, you see a large empty, dirt area — pretty much that whole area is developed now.
  6. scruss Says:
    May 23rd, 2006 at 12:25:47
    I’m currently looking at a very small wind farm near Ringkøbing, at 56° 7′ 22.11″ N, 8° 13′ 48.94″ E.
  7. We Saw a Chicken … » Blog Archive » you go, Glen! Says:
    November 2nd, 2006 at 08:43:46
    [...] Update: further to my wind turbines from space obsession, I found Glen’s original V80 turbine at 44° 56′ 46.42″ N, 81° 15′ 47.12″ W. [...]
  8. scruss Says:
    November 26th, 2006 at 16:37:16
    Then there’s the Kortright 10kW turbine at 43° 49′ 52.58″ N, 79° 35′ 17.21″ W - probably the smallest one visible.
  9. scruss Says:
    March 5th, 2007 at 20:06:24
    Siemens’ colossal factory in Brande, Denmark is visible here: 55° 57′ 20.40″ N, 9° 7′ 23.06″ E.
    And just for balance, Vestas’s slightly smaller Rinkoebing works are here: 56° 5′ 19.68″ N, 8° 14′ 13.12″ E.

    I’ve been to both …

  10. scruss Says:
    March 18th, 2007 at 09:26:39
    some near Curaçao: 12° 14′ 15.01″ N, 69° 1′ 39.43″ W. Thanks to Margo Guda for the tip!
  11. Margo Guda Says:
    March 21st, 2007 at 10:10:35
    So, put the Playa Kanoa too.
    12°10′1.92″N, 68°51′8.80″W. This makes for a total installed capacity of 12 MW, on a grid with slightly over 160 MW installed capacity and a peak load of 110 MW. Not bad for a small island that does not have grid ties to any larger grid!

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