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.
A historical review of vertical axis wind turbines rated 100 kW and above
By
Erik Möllerström, Paul Gipe, Jos Beurskens, Fredric Ottermo
Since the 1970s, there have been several VAWT projects with installed turbines of significant size, either as attempts to commercialize VAWTs, or as university led research projects, or as a combination of the two. Most have involved Darrieus turbines built in North America during the 1980s. However, H-rotors, which have always been a favored concept in Europe, have seen a revival during the 2010s.
‘Green energy blues’ in a town that sought to do something about climate change
By
David Abel
Nine years after the first was built beside Falmouth’s waste treatment plant, both turbines now stand idle, no longer producing a kilowatt of electricity, totems of good intentions gone awry.
California Worker Dies after Blade Falls Off Wind Machine
By
Paul Gipe
The Associated Press circulated a news item on 14 January 2019 about a field hand killed near Visalia when the blade of a “wind machine” fell off. See California orchard worker dies after 600-pound blade falls off wind machine.
Correction to the Death of Robert Skarski in Wind Power 2004
By
Paul Gipe
I’ve been alerted to an error in the second edition of Wind Power (2004): Renewable Energy for Home Farm and Business.
Should the Central Coast be a new hub for wind energy in California? Read more here: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article223109435.html#storylink=cpy
By
Kaytlyn Leslie
Hundreds of wind turbines could pop up along the coast off Los Osos and Cambria — but before they do,the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Managment wants to know if you think that’d be a good idea.
We’ve turned our backs on wind energy. That’s a mistake
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Texas now produces four times as much wind energy as California, which has fallen to No. 4 in the United States — not a promising trend, given the state’s ambitious goal of switching to 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.
