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.
Movie Madness: New Additions to Cultural Icons–Wallpaper, Quilts, and More
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A few decades ago a theme–or meme in today’s parlance–among wind energy aficionados was movies or TV shows that included scenes of wind turbines. We dubbed the theme Movie Madness.
The Need for and the Value of the World Wind Energy Association
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Paul Gipe
The World Wind Energy Association was formed because existing organizations were narrowly focused on the often arcane and specialized needs of the commercial wind industry. There was no organization with the long term view that people, especially the people who use and live with wind energy were vitally important to the industry’s ultimate success. There was a need, and WWEA filled it. That need still exists today–even more so than two decades ago.
RIP Google Makani: Perhaps The Entire Airborne Wind Energy Space Will Finally Disappear
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Michael Barnard
Makani was still being touted as the leader in the space for the 2019 Airborne Wind Energy Conference, held in Scotland in August. And now, it’s dead. Alphabet pulled the plug a couple of days ago. This isn’t really surprising.
Open Letter to German Energy Minister: Community Power is Most Important for the Acceptance of Wind Power
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Bee, Bbe, Dgrv and Wwea
For three decades, citizens, e.g. in local energy cooperatives, have been promoting the energy transition, by initiating and installing individual wind turbines and later also larger wind farms. Feed-in legislation, privileges in the federal building code and the renewable energy act EEG provided the legal framework for citizens to make the energy transition practically possible, by taking entrepreneurial risk at an early stage and generating innovation. Even today you can convince of countless wind projects that without major conflicts massive investments were made in renewable energy and thus in the future of the respective community and ultimately into the future of our country, often even primarily supported by voluntary work.
Push for wind farms off Central Coast now has Navy’s support
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John Lindt
A key gatekeeper with the U.S. Navy says they are ready to move forward on plans for offshore wind along the Central Coast — particularly efforts to install floating turbines off of Morro Bay.
A Dangerous Trend is Challenging the Success of Wind Power Around the Globe: Concentration and Monopolisation
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Stefan Gsänger
The primary reason, let’s be clear, has been the global trend towards support schemes which favour large investors; in particular, auctions have caused such results. Looking at the frightening collapse of the German wind market should already explain why this trend should be stopped.
