Ancient peoples harnessed the wind, too. In ancient China, windmills were used to power water pumps. In ancient Persia, in what is now eastern Iran, windmills, called asbads, captured the shamal, ...

And wind has long served as a power source to humans. Ancient mariners used sails to capture the wind. Farmers once used windmills to grind their grains and pump water. Today, more and more wind ...

Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. today announced the delivery of its first wind-powered water pump system in Colorado. Construction was completed on the initial unit which the company says provides ...

Kampala — A revolutionary concept in water supply that will particularly help remote areas has been introduced with the launching of a water pump powered by the sun or wind. Alec Davis the ...

Wind pumps were once a common sight as drainers drove the water from the Fens, before steam and diesel pumps replaced them. Now new sails will harness the wind to bring water back to one of the ...