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 Power & Renewables Surge To New Record In China
By
Kurt Lowder
China has done it again! It has beat expectations on the amount of wind power added in 2020, with a staggering 72 gigawatts of wind power added last year.
Visit the German Windpower Museum–When You Can
By
Paul Gipe
I’ve just learned that an open-air museum of wind turbines in Germany has expanded its collection to include two US-built machines. I hope to get there some day–once Covid-19 has lifted. Nothing like kicking iron if you’re into windmills.
Sámi reindeer herders file lawsuit against Norway windfarm
By
Weronika Strzyżyńska
Indigenous communities say planned Øyfjellet turbines will interfere with migration paths
GE’s Haliade Offshore Wind Turbine–A Comment—or Two
By
Paul Gipe
Ok everyone, I’ll give in. I’ll say something about GE’s big new wind turbine that’s all the rage in the media.
Worker falls to death inside wind turbine tower in California
By
Leigh Collins
Mario Contreras Jr was working for Site Constructors Inc at an unidentified project near Palm Springs
Cultural Icons of Wind Turbines—A List that Never Stops Growing
By
Paul Gipe
I just added chocolate as a category of subjects that celebrate wind turbines or traditional windmills. Yes, chocolate. I thought “home decor” would be the last category on the topic. I never expected to be writing about table runners or wall paper that featured wind turbines. But the list of categories just won’t stop growing.
