This article reviews some planning and financial conditions facing wind power development in the UK. Overall the 2002-2003 period has seen a big increase in planning consents. . .
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A much anticipated update on wind turbines and birds in California’s Altamont Pass concludes that the problem is more severe … Read more
An edited version of this article appeared in the Summer 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 3) edition of WindStats. With … Read more
An edited version of the following was read on National Public Radio’s Weekend Sunday program. Weekend Edition Sunday Re: Robbie … Read more
Today Paul Gipe submitted his candidates biography to the American Wind Energy Association for re-election to AWEA’s board of directors. … Read more
In American and British English “park” connotes recreational enclaves or sylvan settings publicly protected from development. Arrays or clusters of multiple wind turbines are more correctly described as wind power plants. During the 1970s utilities in North America envisioned building “energy parks” of multiple nuclear reactors. Propagandists for the utilities deliberately chose the term “parks” to mislead public debate. Continued use of the term “wind park” by the wind industry may be construed as a similar attempt to deceive the public.
The publisher of Windpower Monthly and WindStats Newsletter, Forlaget Vistoft, has published 1997 Glossary of Wind Energy Terms. The 100 … Read more
May 29, 1996 I’d like to express my thanks to Mr. Witvliet and Mr. Jans for the invitation to join … Read more
With the completion of this wind plant, events have come full circle. The flow of visitors seeking information about wind energy has reversed. The intellectual, technical, and may I say “moral” momentum has shifted from the United States to Europe.
