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.
England’s wind energy potential remains untapped
By
Paul Brown
Despite overwhelming support for onshore windfarms, planning rules mean it is possible for only one person to prevent development
Smith-Putnam Wind Turbine Virtual Exhibition Goes Live
By
Paul Gipe
The York County History Center’s Virtual Exhibition of the Smith-Putnam wind turbine has gone live. Opening with a stunning photo of five men standing on one of the two blades after the giant turbine was installed in Vermont in 1941. The exhibition celebrates the 80th anniversary of the 175-foot (53-meter) diameter wind turbine feeding electricity into the grid—a first in North America.
80th Anniversary of Smith-Putnam Turbine Going Online
By
Paul Gipe
19 October marks 80 years since testing began of the 1.25 MW Smith-Putnam turbine on Grandpas’ Knob near Rutland, Vermont in 1941. To mark the occasion, the York County History Center in York, Pennsylvania is opening its digital exposition Tuesday, 19 October. The S. Morgan Smith Company, of Smith-Putnam fame, manufactured hydroelectric turbines in York, Pennsylvania before it ventured into wind energy.
See trucks tote massive wind turbine blades along Central California Coast streets
By
Janene Scully
Deliveries of the massive blades for wind turbines have drawn questions and second looks in recent days as they make their way to their future home southwest of Lompoc. Read more at: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article254806162.html#storylink=cpy
Co-owned by locals, Britain’s biggest subsidy-free onshore wind farm is opened
By
Alban Thurston
Locals around Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway now own 5% of the £50 million, 46 MW Crossdykes park, thanks to the Holyrood government’s Community & Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES).
Windfarm firm charged over landslide death
By
Paul Deering
A company director has been returned for trial in relation to charges arising out of the death of a worker who was killed in a windfarm landslide.
