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 I’ve added the glossary to my web site for both its historical content—many of the terms were in use during the 1980s and 1990s—and as a reference for the thousands of newcomers to the wind industry since it was first published.
Dueling Wind Ties in Woodstock
By
Paul Gipe
The 29 June was the “wind day” for York University’s International Renewable Energy Academy. As the featured speaker to start the day I donned one of my favorite wind tie.
Thirty years of North American wind energy acceptance research: What have we learned?
By
Joseph Rand; Ben Hoen
(1) North American support for wind has been consistently high. (2) The NIMBY explanation for resistance to wind development is invalid. (3) Socioeconomic impacts of wind development are strongly tied to acceptance.
Was America’s First Offshore Wind Farm Unfairly Blamed For A Whale’s Death?
By
Alexander C. Kaufman
Right-wing media find a new renewable energy bogeyman.
Overview of Wind Energy for the International Renewable Energy Academy
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Paul Gipe
Presentation by Paul Gipe for York University’s International Renewable Academy on 22 June 2017. Check against delivery.
Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they’re made out to be—here’s why
By
Simon Chapman
“Wind farms and nuclear power stations are responsible each for between 0.3 and 0.4 fatalities per gigawatt-hour (GWh) of electricity while fossil-fuelled power stations are responsible for about 5.2 fatalities per GWh.”
Professional-Grade Sound Level Meter for Sale
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I have a Casella CEL-464 professional-grade sound level meter for sale. I used the unit during the early 2000s to measure the noise emissions from small wind turbines.
