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.
Windkraft im “Dritten Reich”: Der Traum vom Reichskraftturm
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Martin Pfaffenzeller
Hermann Honnef and his dream of giant wind turbines powering Hitler’s Third Reich until the SS quashed his plans. Auf Deutsch. Rare photos of Honnef’s vision and key players in the Reich’s program for autarky.
Fifteen people killed in Mexican village linked to windpower dispute
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The area – where many residents belong to the Ikoots indigenous group – is coveted for its open, windy coast, and the two sides have been feuding for years. The conflicts date back to 2012 when a consortium of companies tried to build a huge, 396-megawatt offshore wind farm planned for a narrow spit of land in a lagoon near San Mateo.
Cleveland’s Icebreaker — Falling Down or Starting Up?
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Sarah Taylor
Or how the Ohio Power Board’s poison pill to stop the first offshore wind farm in Lake Erie could–and should–backfire.
Malta police say they have started Montenegro wind farm investigations
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Matthew Agius
This emerged from a statement issued by the police following a story by Reuters and the Times of Malta, in which Dubai based company 17 Black was revealed to have made a previously undisclosed profit of €4.6 million when Enemalta bought a wind farm in Montenegro. The wind farm was acquired by Enemalta in a lucrative deal for Yorgen Fenech during the tenure of former minister Konrad Mizzi.
Company Probed by Murdered Maltese Journalist Linked to Montenegro Wind Farm
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Samir Kajosevic
The offshore company investigated by murdered Maltese journalist Caruana Galizia before her death was linked to a wind farm in Montenegro, Reuters has reported.
Wind farms ‘turn off times’ could help save Eastern European bat populations
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Forschungsverbund Berlin
The scientists therefore recommend the widespread introduction of turn-off times during the migration months, which—as the team was able to show in a local wind farm—would massively decrease bat mortality yet produce only a marginal loss in the energy production of the turbines.
