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 I’ve added the glossary to my web site for both its historical content—many of the terms were in use during the 1980s and 1990s—and as a reference for the thousands of newcomers to the wind industry since it was first published.
Hometown Wind Farm A Wildcat
By
Paul Gipe
Wind energy is growing in Indiana. Now there are some wind turbines in Upland on the Taylor University campus and there are two commercial-scale turbines Union City as well. Wind farms have also begun to sprout out of Indiana’s corn fields.
Nuclear power hearing two days, vs wind power hearing unlimited
By
Dick Hill
There is a two-day public hearing underway on Ontario’s Pickering nuclear power plant licence extension. Meanwhile, the public hearing on a proposed wind farm in Prince Edward County has been going for weeks and could last much longer. Ontario’s social, economic and political process is out of balance with this glaring contrast.
The Courier: New poll reveals 70 percent support for wind farms
By
Neelima Choahan
THE wind may be turning in the favour of building more wind farms to produce renewable energy in Australia. . . In an online survey conducted by Essential Research, 76 per cent of respondents supported building wind farms in Australia to produce renewable energy.
Cape Cod Times: Turbines to stay in Falmouth Say Voters
By
Amy Anthony
Voters soundly rejected a question on Tuesday’s ballot that would have funded the removal of two town-owned wind turbines. . . The question was rejected 6,001 to 2,940, with 67 percent voting against it.
Penetration of Renewable Energy in Selected Markets
By
Paul Gipe
Inter-annual Wind Variability Less than that of Hydro–Steady Growth of Non-Hydro Renewable Penetration in European Markets–US Renewable Energy Penetration: Little Progress Since 1983 . . .
Wind turbines make me sick
By
Craig Morris
Want to get a sense of what Germans think of all this talk–in English–about wind turbines making people sick? Then take a look at this little video. Germany has more wind turbines close to people than any other country in the world.
