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.
For newcomers to wind energy I’ve added pages from my previous books explaining terms used in the industry.
- 200 Term Multilingual Lexicon: The lexicon translates English terms into five different languages: Dansk, Deutsch, Español, Français, and Italiano.
- Glossary of Wind Energy Terminology: The glossary was written by Paul Gipe and Bill Canter in the late-1990s. I’ve added the glossary to my web site for both its historical content—many of the terms were in use during the 1980s and 1990s—and as a reference for the thousands of newcomers to the wind industry since it was first published.
Dogs Sniff Out Answers to Bat and Bird Fatalities Near Wind Turbines
By
David Kindy
Aided by canines, researchers found larger models do not necessarily pose a greater threat to wildlife
Cycling Cap Added to Cultural Icons
By
Paul Gipe
A new item was added to my pages on cultural icons under the category Cycling.
Preben Maegaard—the Father of the Folkecenter–Has Died
By
Paul Gipe
Preben Maegaard died 25 March 2021. He was 84. His death likely won’t mean much to most North Americans. After all he wasn’t a household name like reality TV stars Caitlyn Jenner or Kanye West. It should.
More New Cultural Icons of Wind Turbines
By
Paul Gipe
The job never ends of chronicling the cultural icons that feature windmills and wind turbines. This time it’s cookie cutters–or biscuit cutters as the Brits like to say–and a big, expensive Lego kit.
Wind—the Breath of Life or the Kiss of Death: Analysis of Wind Energy Fatalities
By
Paul Gipe
Presentation to Winterwind 2021 21 April on a Comparison of Wind’s Fatalities to that of Other Industries. Wind energy’s hazards, like its appearance on the landscape, are readily apparent. Wind energy hides no latent killers, no black lung, for example. When wind kills, it does so directly and with gruesome effect.
The paradox of the California condor
By
Jane Braxton Little
To detect and minimize conflict between wildlife and wind generation, they have installed artificial intelligence devices. In 2018 they erected a geofence, which tracks GPS-tagged condors entering the wind farm area and shuts down the turbines.
