News & Articles on Wind Energy
This is an archive of articles and news on both large and small wind turbines, wind energy & the environment, and links to topics on the history of wind energy.
I’ve been working with wind energy since 1976 and my professional experience in the subject runs the gamut from wind resource assessment to installing and testing small wind turbines. I continue to follow the industry and analyze its growth and increasing contribution to renewable electricity generation worldwide.

Palmer Putnam’s 1.5 MW Wind Turbine
By
Paul Gipe
This article was initially published in Today’s Engineer on May 2013 Supplying electrical power generated from wind to the commercial …

Carl Wilcox References in the Text of Putnam’s Power from the Wind
By
Paul Gipe
To further illustrate the role of Carl Wilcox in the Smith-Putnam project, I searched the name index and pulled together …

Carl Wilcox Citations in Palmer Putnam’s Power from the Wind
By
Paul Gipe
In the 1970s Carl Wilcox gave me a box of archive materials on the Smith-Putnam wind turbine project. I had …

Wind farm noise not harmful to health: New study finds no evidence of wind turbine syndrome
By
Sophie Vorrath
Once again another study confirms there are no health impacts from “infrasound.”

The Rest of the Story: Part 2 of History of Conventional Wind Turbines–the 1970s onward
By
Paul Gipe
The historical saga begun by Erik Möllerström and myself finally reaches its conclusion with the publication of Part 2 in …

Low-Income Group Installs 4.2 MW Wind Turbine in the West of England
By
Paul Gipe
Tom Wall of the Guardian reports (England’s tallest wind turbine prepares to rise against the odds) on a community group …