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.
Local assemblyman’s offshore wind bill passes first committee
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his week, a bill by Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) that would jumpstart offshore wind projects on the Central Coast passed its first committee. AB 525, which would formalize the state’s commitment to developing offshore wind projects in California, passed out of the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy without a no vote.
Wind—the Breath of Life or the Kiss of Death: Analysis of Wind Energy Fatalities
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Paul Gipe
Presentation to Winterwind 2021 21 April on a Comparison of Wind’s Fatalities to that of Other Industries. Wind energy’s hazards, like its appearance on the landscape, are readily apparent. Wind energy hides no latent killers, no black lung, for example. When wind kills, it does so directly and with gruesome effect.
Expert elicitation survey predicts 37% to 49% declines in wind energy costs by 2050
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We show that experts in 2020 expect future onshore and offshore wind costs to decline 37–49% by 2050, resulting in costs 50% lower than predicted in 2015. This is due to cost reductions witnessed over the past five years and expected continued advancements.
Family of Chehalis Man Killed at Wind Farm Site Settles Wrongful Death Claim for $12 Million
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Eric Rosane
The family of a Chehalis wind farm worker who died last year while on the job has settled a wrongful death claim for $12 million after filing suit in King County Superior Court.
California could lead the nation in offshore wind energy
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Eddie Ahn and Jeff Hunerlach
Here’s why California’s environmental justice experts and advocates from organized labor think California needs to go all in on offshore wind.
The paradox of the California condor
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Jane Braxton Little
To detect and minimize conflict between wildlife and wind generation, they have installed artificial intelligence devices. In 2018 they erected a geofence, which tracks GPS-tagged condors entering the wind farm area and shuts down the turbines.
