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 I’ve added the glossary to my web site for both its historical content—many of the terms were in use during the 1980s and 1990s—and as a reference for the thousands of newcomers to the wind industry since it was first published.
Power Engineering: Wind surge pushes two German gas fired plants to the brink
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Statkraft AS may have to shut two gas fired power plants in northern Germany due to the region’s surging wind …
Robert Freehling: The Dangerous Power of Wind
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Robert Freehling
A November 5, 2011 article in the New York Times emphasizes the “danger” of excess wind generation in Bonneville Power Authority’s service territory. …
Technical Comparators: Swept Area preferred over Rated Power
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Geoff Henderson
Windflow Technology Newsletter Nº 31, June 2011 Some people use capacity factor as the basis for comparing wind farms and …
Wind power topics at Euro Tribune by Jérôme Guillet
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Jérôme Guillet
Below the fold is a (hopefully) complete list of ET diaries and stories related to wind power. . .
Financing European energy infrastructure by Jérôme Guillet
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Jérôme Guillet
Another insightful article by a financier who raises debt for large offshore wind projects. . . “There are no “neutral” policy choices, and energy will always be political – and it’s time what the implicit political choices of current policies be acknowledged.
John Farrell: Distributed Wind Energy in Germany–
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John Farrell
Of Germany’s 27,000 megawatts of wind power projects (3rd most in the world and most per capita), nearly 90% are smaller than 20 megawatts, with most between 1 and 5 megawatts.
