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.

Traverse City Green Rate Wind Project

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Susan Kopka

YouTube video on First green pricing wind project in USA.

Traverse City’s historic wind turbine retired, makes way for solar panels

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Sheri Mcwhirter

An historic wind turbine that for decades served as a clean energy symbol and up north geographic marker recently came down near Traverse City.

World’s first wind turbine with recyclable blades is up and spinning

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Michelle Lewis

Siemens Gamesa’s first recyclable blades are spinning on a wind turbine at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in Germany. It’s the first commercial installation of recyclable wind turbine technology.

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The Distributed Wind Turbines of the Salinas Valley and Palmdale California

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Paul Gipe

A friend driving down the Salinas Valley on Hwy 101 asked about the single large wind turbines there. It was a good question. They are nearly unique in California and stand out because they are not clustered together in a massive wind farm.

Sunak accused of ‘economic illiteracy’ over pledge to block onshore windfarms

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Peter Walker

Opposition parties have accused Rishi Sunak of “economic illiteracy” and a lack of seriousness over the climate emergency after he announced a plan for the UK to become energy independent while at the same time making it harder to use onshore wind.

Tucker Carlson Brings Rants Of Ugly Wind Turbines And Falling Sperm Counts To Iowa

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Carlson ridiculed concern about climate change ― “Get your stupid wind turbines off there and slink back to New York!”