Like their ancestors the original windmills, wind turbines tend to dominate the land around them. These massive structures, which weigh thousands of tons and often stand well over 100 meters (330 feet) high, are capable of generating up to 3-4 Megawatts of electrical power. Since placement is dictated by the strength and steadiness of the wind, they tend to be clustered in wind farms situated in mountain passes, on flat prairies, or offshore. Some of the largest concentrations of windpower can be found in California, Texas, and the Great Plains in the USA; Canada’s Prairie Provinces; Northern Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom in Europe; and India. Giant modern-day windmills are marvels to behold, and as you'll see from this collection, the best vantage point is an aerial one captured by drone. Aerial photo: "Auwahi Wind Turbines" by AirVuz contributor and drone pilot paulmp4p.
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Offshore Wind Farm in England
Rampion Wind Farm - An Aerial View
- www.sussexbyair.com
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- 3 years ago
In this video, Sussexbyair gives us an aerial view of the Rampion Wind Farm off the southeastern coast of England, the world's first major offshore windpower operation. This is a major feat of engineering, allowing the windpower industry to overcome the land transportation constraints which limit the size of onshore turbines. These giant windmills each have a 3.5MW of capacity, capturing the massive energy generation potential of the English Channel and its famously strong winds.
Massive Wind Farm in Scotland
Huge Wind farm and Whiteadder Reservoir in Scotland
- Hightning McQueen
- 484 VŪZ
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- 3 months ago
Blessed with strong, steady winds coming off the North Sea, Scotland has already at times hit the once-unthinkable target (for any major region) of generating 100% of its electricity needs from windpower. In this drone video by Hightning McQueen, you'll get an aerial view of one of Scotland's largest wind farms - the Crystal Rig Wind Farm in the Scottish Borders region. Commissioned in 2004 and the second-largest in the UK as of 2019, it currently has 85 turbines and a rated capacity of a bit over 200MW.
Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark
Chasing Wind Turbines
- TECH DRONE MEDIA
- 192 VŪZ
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- 3 months ago
With its windwept plains, Denmark is the poster-child for the world's windpower industry: in recent years, it's climbed above the 40% mark in terms of the amount of its electrical power generation created by the wind. The home to the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer (Vestas) has now taken the lead in deploying even larger turbines in offshore windfarms. In this drone video by Tech Drone Media, you'll get an aerial view of the massive 3.5MW turbines at the Advedøre Holme facility south of Copenhagan.
Windpower in Tasmania
Cape Portland Wind Farm, Tasmania
- FergTas
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The Australian island state of Tasmania lies within the band of latitude known as the Roaring Forties, where a set of unusual atmospheric and geographical factors conspire to produce some of the world's steadiest air currents. The resulting wind patterns helped propel sailing ships to and from Australia, and more recently have been harnessed to provide windpower. In this video, contributor FergTas gives us a drone's eye view of the Musselroe Wind Farm in Cape Portland in northeast Tasmania.
Cyprus Wind Turbines
Cyprus: Larnaca Aerial Tour
- Raf_Neo
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- 2 years ago
Top contributor and drone piloy Raf_Neo was able to put together this awesome aerial look at a wind farm on the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, his home country. Given the country's high dependence on imported energy sources, the government of Cyprus has been extremely keen to develop its substantial windpower potential. Taken with a DJI Mavic Pro drone, the video does a great job of showing a modern wind farm in operation, and also provides some nice views of the Cyprus countryside.
Wyoming Wind Turbines
Wyoming Wind
- John Stinnett
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- 3 years ago
The western USA state of Wyoming has always been known for its abundant natural resources. Wyoming was the country's largest oil producing state in the 1920's, and its Powder River Basin currently provides about 40% of America's coal. Recently, Wyoming has become a top wind power producer, and giant windmills now punctuate its landscape. Here, John Stinnett uses a drone to create a beautiful look at a wind farm in western Wyoming, the spinning turbines capturing another state resource.
Windmills in California's Mojave Desert
California Windmills
- Endless Aerial
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- 2 years ago
It's hard to appreciate the size of today's giant wind turbines. These modern windmills stand over 100 m tall (300 ft.), allowing enormous blades to harvest energy from the moving air. In this video, contributor and pilot Endless Aerial uses a drone to provide a marvelous close up look at a modern wind turbine farm in the Mojave desert in Southern California. The mountain pass here, near Palm Springs, is one of the country's best windpower resources; the wind power installation you see here was one of the country's first wind farms.
Windmills in Northern Ireland
Swatragh Wind Farm
- By: Martin McKenna
- 103 VŪZ
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- 3 months ago
Northern Ireland has some of the best wind resources of anywhere in the world. In mid-2019, a report from the UK government indicated that the territory generated nearly two-fifths of its electricity from wind turbines. That's roughly twice the percentage for the UK as a whole, which is itself far above the European average. In this drone video by Martin McKenna, you'll get an aerial view of one of Northern Ireland's 82 windpower installations (as of mid-2019): the wind farm of Satragh, in County Londonderry.
West Texas Windpower
West Texas & BNSF Railway
- TampaRandy
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- 3 years ago
The vast but loosely defined area known as West Texas has only one city (El Paso) and that is at its extreme western end. Apart from that, the most recognizable landmarks of this region are the railroads that cross it and the giant wind turbines built to capture the strong winds which sweep it. Tampa Randy created this amazing drone video, capturing a stretch of the BNSF railway line and a backdrop of gigantic windmills. Texas has one of the world's largest fleets of wind turbines, most of which are concentrated in the western part of the state.
Wind Farm in Northern India
Pawan Chakki Windfarm: Himachal Pradesh
- Brand Icon Studio
- 291 VŪZ
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- 2 years ago
With India's electricity supply heavily dependent on polluting coal-fired power plants, the country has been growing its windpower generating base. While there are numerous constraints related to finding available land in suitable wind zones, gigantic turbines have been popping up throughout the nation; the country was #4 in installed capacity in 2016. Brand Icon Studios used a drone to film one of these installations, the Pawan Chaki Wind Farm. It's in the state of Himachal Pradesh in the country's northern region.
Modern Windmills in Spain
Soul of Quixote
- PJF DRONE
- 145 VŪZ
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- a year ago
Centuries after the days of Don Quixote tilting at windmills in La Mancha, Spain has became one of the world's important markets for the modern form of wind power. In this video, contributor and drone pilot PJF Drone gives us a bird's eye view of a wind turbine operation in southern Spain. The Sierra de Arcas Wind Farm is located near Villanueva de Algaidas in the Malaga province of Andalusia. Spain's has some of the world's best wind resources, and the country was #5 in installed capacity in 2016.
Wind Power in Northern Germany
Sunset over Wind Farm Near Alsleben, Germany
- SKYDRONAUTS
- 4.9k VŪZ
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- 3 years ago
The North European Plain represents one of the world's top windpower resources. It's no surprise then that the world's largest wind turbine company is Danish, and that Germany had the third largest windpower fleet by installed capacity as of 2017. In this video, contributor and pilot Skydronauts used a DJI Mavic Pro drone to film some of the GE turbines at the Alsleben Wind Project. The project, located in the North German state of Saxony-Anhalt, is one of the country's largest installations.
Wind Turbines on Canada's Prairies
Wind Turbines in Southern Alberta, Canada
- Aero Retina Optics
- 182 VŪZ
11 - 12
- 4 years ago
Canada's western prairies are blessed with considerable windpower potential. Canada was the #6 country worldwide in installed windpower capacity in 2017, with the largest concentrations of its turbines in the Prairie Provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. In this video, contributor Aero Retina Optics provides us with a bird's eye view of a wind farm operation in southern Alberta, where the winds through the mountains of the west sweep over the prairies of the eastern part of the province.
Wind Power in Uruguay
Aerogeneradores AKUO Energy Uruguay - Top Quad
- TopQuad
- 122 VŪZ
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- 2 years ago
Renewable energy is very big in South America, and it's not just hydropower. The flatter parts of the eastern side of the continent offer some of the world's best windpower resources. Windpower accounted for about a sixth of Uruguay's electricity generation in 2016, up from virtually zero just a few years earlies. In this drone video by TopQuad, you'll get an aerial view of one of the country's windfarms. Located in its Florida province, it's one of dozens of such installations across the country.
Wind Power in Israel
Wind Farm Visitor Center Maale Gilboa
- AirWorks
- 93 VŪZ
8 - 4
- 9 months ago
Contributor and pilot AirWorks used a drone to create this fascinating aerial view of a highly innovative renewable energy complex in northern Israel. It's located in the Mountains of Gelboe, a range which runs through a portion of the country's Northern District. Giant wind power turbines are used to generate electricity to pump water upwards into a reservoir, effectively storing the energy harvested from the wind for later use. It's one of the larger installations of its type in the world.
Wind Turbines in Turkey
Wind Turbines 4
- OGB - Omer Gokcen
- 71 VŪZ
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- 9 months ago
Turkey is one of the top dozen countries in the world for windpower generation capacity. As of the end of 2017, the country had about 6.5GW of installed capacity, which generated about 7% of its electricity needs. Most of the country's nearly 200 wind farms are concentrated in the western part of the country, in the Aegean and Marmara region. In this drone video by top contributor Omer Gokcen, you'll get a bird's eye view of some spinning turbines near the city of Bandırma, by the Sea of Marmara.
Three Windmills in the Seychelles
Windmills On Island Seychelles DRONE
- Magnus Bo Hansen
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- 3 years ago
Somewhere in the Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles, there stands a trio of modern wind mills. They spin and spin, surrounded by the gloriously blue waters of the world's third-largest ocean. Contributor and pilot Magnus Bo Hansen flew a DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone over this scene. He created what may be the most beautiful aerial views of modern wind turbines ever created. The Seychelles has established a target of generating 15% of its electricity through windpower by 2030.
Sunbathing on a Wind Turbine
Drone Captures Man (Monk) Sunbathing on Wind Turbine
- GizaDog Neo
- 391 VŪZ
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- 4 years ago
If you want to get an appreciation for the size of a modern wind turbine, have a look at this amazing video from top content creator and drone pilot GizaDog Neo. He flew his drone over a massive wind turbine in Rhode Island (in the USA's New England region) and filmed a man sunbathing on the roof of the tower. The man appears tiny, even in comparison to what is one of the smaller part of the massive structure. No doubt there is a story here, and it goes without saying that no part of this should be tried at home!
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