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.
Smith-Putnam Stressed Skin Blades and Bridge Construction Spar
By
Paul Gipe
Included in the correspondence from Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees is a letter from Richard Heckscher who was involved in blade development on the Smith-Putnam project. (See Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees Letter Reveals Emphasis on Swept Area.) Hecksher had alerted Putnam to the work of Herman Drees in developing Drees’ Cycloturbine.
Palmer Putnam – Herman M. Drees Correspondence 1979
By
Paul Gipe
18-page scan of documents in the archives of Wally Thompson of correspondence from Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees in 1979.
Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees Letter Reveals Emphasis on Swept Area
By
Paul Gipe
Wally Thompson forwarded to me some fascinating correspondence from Palmer Putnam to Herman Drees of Pinson Cycloturbine fame.
Use England’s plentiful brownfield sites for windfarms, urge scientists
By
Helena Horton
Experts cite Scottish example, with turbines along roads and rail lines, as a way to make better use of ‘cheap, clean’ energy source
This Historic Community Is Pushing the Nation Toward a Wind Power Revolution
By
Elizabeth Royte
Block Island, off the New England coast, overcame political strife to lead the way on energy independence.
US wind energy just hit a major milestone
By
Ella Nilsen
The United States set a major renewable energy milestone last Tuesday: wind power was the second-highest source of electricity for the first time since the Energy Information Administration began gathering the data.
