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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 I’ve added the glossary to my web site for both its historical content—many of the terms were in use during the 1980s and 1990s—and as a reference for the thousands of newcomers to the wind industry since it was first published.

Large Wind Small Wind Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Community Wind Wind & the Environment History of Wind Power Accidents & Safety

Removal of 37 Abandoned Mitsubishi Wind Turbines on Hawaii’s Big Island

May 5, 2012

Paul Gipe

Finally, decades after being abandoned on South Point of Hawaii’s Big Island the 37 Mitsubishi turbines have been removed. Long a source of embarassment in the wind industry and a source for right wing attacks on the viability of wind energy, the derelict turbines have been removed.