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.
Denmark shows the world how to go from black to green in a hurry as temperatures rise
By
Eric Reguly
Don’t believe everything you hear about the green-energy revolution. It’s coming, but more slowly than advertised. Fossil fuels, in absolute terms, are still on the rise because of population and economic growth.
Wind generation project southwest of Lompoc approved by Santa Barbara County planners
By
Mike Hodgson
Commissioners approved the Strauss Wind Energy Project that will bring 29 wind turbines mounted to towers more than 260 feet tall and capable of generating 98 megawatts of electricity per year to the hilltops about 5 miles from the city.
Gusty growth: Vietnam’s remarkable wind energy story
By
Tim Daubach
The latest feed-in-tariff for onshore projects, introduced last year, stands at 8.5 US cents/kWh, while offshore wind power generators will be paid 9.8 US cents for every kWh of power exported to the grid.
This article is more than 1 month old Renewable energy: climate crisis ‘may have triggered faster wind speeds’
By
Jillian Ambrose
The global climate crisis could lead to more renewable electricity being generated by spurring faster wind speeds for the world’s growing number of windfarms, according to research.
The Big Ban of Wind Energy
By
Karl-friedrich Lenz
One of the reasons is the failed policy of leaving the working feed-in tariff in favor of an experiment with auctions. Said experiment has failed in a spectacular way. As a part of my job I follow some of the European and German developments of legislation. I think this particular change deserves the title of “WORST LAW EVER”. It has resulted in a complete destruction of any credible path to achieving the German climate goals.
Wind energy and health court cases found for wind energy
By
Michael Barnard
Wind energy was found not guilty of health impacts 48 times in 5 countries
