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Wind energy has been used by mankind over thousands of years. For over 3,000 years the windmills have been used for pumping water or grinding (milling). And nowadays, in the century of information technologies, nuclear energy and electricity, thousands of windmills are used for pumping water and oil, for irrigation and production of mechanical energy to drive low-power mechanisms on different continents.

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  1. Technical University of Moldova, Stefan Cel Mare Boulevard 168, 2004, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova

    Ion Bostan, Ion Sobor, Viorel Bostan & Anatolie Sochirean

  2. Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Adrian Gheorghe

  3. Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Moldova, Stefan Cel Mare Boulevard 168, 2004, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova

    Valeriu Dulgheru

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Bostan, I., Gheorghe, A., Dulgheru, V., Sobor, I., Bostan, V., Sochirean, A. (2013). Wind Energy. In: Resilient Energy Systems. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4189-8_5

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