Wind Energy Lecture | Jane Woodward | Stanford Understand Energy

The significance of onshore and offshore wind energy; wind turbine technology; wind farm development; environmental impacts and economics of wind energy; wind energy policies; the future of wind energy. Visit the Wind Energy page on our Learning Hub for more content: https://understand-energy.stanford.ed... Recorded on: November 12, 2025 Presented by: Jane Woodward, Adjunct Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Founder and Managing Partner, Woven Earth Ventures; Founding Partner, MAP Energy Learn more about Jane Woodward: -   • Jane Woodward Introduction   -https://woodward.people.stanford.edu/... Sign up for our free monthly newsletter to learn about all things energy: https://understand-energy.stanford.ed... 00:00 Introduction 11:50 Significance 17:49 Significance: Onshore Wind 28:36 Significance: Offshore Wind 37:20 Wind Turbine Technology 45:14 Wind Farm Development 48:52 What are Wind’s Environmental Impacts? 54:54 What are the Relevant Policies? 1:01:24 What are the Economics? 1:02:42 What is the Future of Wind? 1:03:58 Key Wind Energy Takeaways The mission of Understand Energy is to help people build their energy literacy so they can address climate change and sustainability issues, engage on equity and human development challenges, participate in energy industry markets and technology innovations, and make informed energy decisions. The Learning Hub shares content from the Understand Energy course with people across the globe—for free—in an easy-to-navigate format that allows users to explore the energy subject areas that most interest them. Each of our 30+ topics offers a variety of content including a Fast Facts summary of key information, the related Stanford course lecture, and a highly curated list of third-party videos and readings. We keep the content fresh and current with updates every 6-12 months.