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.
World’s first wind turbine with recyclable blades is up and spinning
By
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.
The Distributed Wind Turbines of the Salinas Valley and Palmdale California
By
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
By
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
By
S.v. Date
Carlson ridiculed concern about climate change ― “Get your stupid wind turbines off there and slink back to New York!”
Latest Anti-Wind Myths Circulating on the Internet: Clean Green Hoax & Blade Waste Filling up Landfills
By
Paul Gipe
I don’t do a lot of wind energy flim flam debunking these days. I leave that to the next generation. However, I will take up my cudgel reluctantly when my friends throw something egregious in my face. And that happened recently from several different sources: one a FaceBook post, and another from a chain email that’s circulating.
New Wind Tops ~100,000 MW in 2021 for First Time
By
Paul Gipe
The World Wind Energy Association announced that for the first time new wind turbine installations reached nearly 100,000 MW in 2021. The announcement was made on the eve of Global Wind Day and the start of the WWEA conference in Rimini, Italy,
