News & Articles on Large Wind Power

Large wind turbines are those used to generate commercial quantities of electricity. This category includes single turbines used in distributed applications as well as arrays of multiple wind turbines used in a wind power plant.

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UTRC, Windtech, Dynergy, & Composite Bearingless Rotor Timeline

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Paul Gipe

For details on development of the Composite Bearingless Rotor and its derivatives see my accompanying article Failed Dream: the Bearingless …

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Jack Welch Screwed Up GE & Boeing, And With Them Much US Climate Action

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Michael Barnard

The hollowing out of these once great American industrial giants is a sad story, and unfortunately that story has repercussions that will be felt for years to come as the country tries to come to grips with its intractable emissions problem. Although not the only root cause, a remarkable amount of the culpability rests on Jack Welch and his destructive take on capitalism.

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Doug Ford shifts direction on wind power in Ontario

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The Ford government spent $231 million to cancel the green energy contracts it tore up after taking office, but said the move would save ratepayers some $790 million by not paying for power the province didn’t need. The government currently spends about $6 billion of taxpayer money each year to subsidize Ontario’s electricity rates. About half of the province’s electricity supply is generated by nuclear plants, roughly one-quarter by hydro dams, and the rest by a mix of gas plants, wind and solar.

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NREL’s Wild West of Wind: a Glimpse of California’s Past

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Paul Gipe

While interviewing Brian Smith about his early career during the Great California Wind Rush, he mentioned that NREL had done a retrospective on the history of the lab. Specifically, he suggested I take a look at the chapter titled the Wild West of Wind. Yee ha! Brian was right. He and Walt Musial have some great tales in that chapter. If you weren’t working in California’s wind industry then and you want a flavor of what it was like, take a look. The title is a pretty accurate summary of the times.

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Photos of 1990s Windane Added to Site

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Paul Gipe

While editing an article I stumbled across some photos of a Windane turbine on Pajeula Peak in the Tehachapi Pass. …

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Wind power development: A historical review published

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Paul Gipe

Another article on the history of wind turbine development has been published in the academic publication Wind Engineering, an imprint …