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.
Wind turbine clash adds to UK-EU post-Brexit tensions
By
Daniel Boffey
A new front has opened up in the post-Brexit tensions between Boris Johnson and the EU over Brussels’ concerns that the British wind turbine industry is being favoured for government contracts worth billions of pounds.
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Man Dies from Fall at a Wind Turbine
By
Henry Hyde
Currently working its way through the Tom Green County legal system is a lawsuit filed by Lacey Johnson whose husband, Aaron Johnson, died after falling at a wind turbine in southern Tom Green County. Lacey Johnson is suing Sentry Electrical Group for the wrongful death of her husband.
Cycling Cap Added to Cultural Icons
By
Paul Gipe
A new item was added to my pages on cultural icons under the category Cycling.
Wind giant Vestas says it can now fully recycle turbine blades
By
Michelle Lewis
Danish wind turbine giant Vestas has announced today that it, along with a coalition of industry and academic leaders, has figured out how to fully recycle wind turbine blades.
Preben Maegaard—the Father of the Folkecenter–Has Died
By
Paul Gipe
Preben Maegaard died 25 March 2021. He was 84. His death likely won’t mean much to most North Americans. After all he wasn’t a household name like reality TV stars Caitlyn Jenner or Kanye West. It should.
More New Cultural Icons of Wind Turbines
By
Paul Gipe
The job never ends of chronicling the cultural icons that feature windmills and wind turbines. This time it’s cookie cutters–or biscuit cutters as the Brits like to say–and a big, expensive Lego kit.
