Wind Basics and Education
Learn about wind power, the Wind for Schools project and curricula, and locate higher education and training programs.
Learn about Wind![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130215025948im_/http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/images/h2_arrow.gif)
Learn about how wind energy generates power; where the best wind resources are; how you can get wind power; and how and where wind energy has increased over the past decade.
Wind for Schools Project![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130215025948im_/http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/images/h2_arrow.gif)
Learn more about Wind Powering America's Wind for Schools project, which works to promote wind industry workforce development by focusing on K-12 and university educators and students to counter the trend of reduced numbers of U.S. students entering science and engineering fields. The project also raises awareness in rural America about the benefits of wind energy through wind energy curricula and on-site wind energy projects.
School Wind Project Locations![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130215025948im_/http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/images/h2_arrow.gif)
Find locations of installed and planned school wind energy projects in the United States for K-12, community colleges, universities, and more.
Education and Training Programs![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130215025948im_/http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/images/h2_arrow.gif)
Find higher education and continuing education wind programs or training.
Curricula and Teaching Materials![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130215025948im_/http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/images/h2_arrow.gif)
Find links to curricula, tutorials, and teaching materials.
Resources![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130215025948im_/http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/images/h2_arrow.gif)
Find publications, news, and websites with information about schools and wind education.
News
Wind for Schools Project Enters 2013 with 124 Turbine Installations and Lessons to Share: A Wind Powering America Success Story
January 28, 2013
Landing a Job in the Wind Industry: Wind Powering America Lessons Learned
January 28, 2013
U.S. Department of Energy, Wind Program Initiates Inaugural National Collegiate Wind Competition
January 8, 2013
Events
NRECA TechAdvantage Conference
February 18, 2013
NREL Webinar: Costs of Integrating Renewable Energy into the Electric Grid
February 20, 2013
WPA Webinar: Production Tax Credit Extension, Process and Impacts
February 20, 2013