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.
Family want answers over death in snow on wind farm
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The family of a security guard who died after becoming trapped in heavy snow on a remote wind farm are demanding answers about his death.
Exploring the prediction of wind turbine audibility and sound annoyance with A-weighted sound levels
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Additionally, the sound-level drivers (modeled wind turbine sound level and background sound level) are poor predictors of very annoyed responses; one’s prior support for or opposition to a local project is the strongest predictor of very annoyed responses in the regression model.
LBNL: Comparing Strongly Annoyed Individuals Near Wind Power Projects In U.S. and Europe
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A similar mean level of annoyance to sound is found in European results. In the U.S. sample, the mean levels of annoyance to lighting, shadow flicker, and landscape change are similar but slightly lower than in the European sample. Comparable result patterns for the U.S. support the reliability of our findings.
LBNL: Do Wind Turbines Make Good Neighbors? Results from a Nationwide Survey of Residents Living Near U.S. Wind Power Projects
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Attitudes were significantly correlated with compensation, sensory perceptions of the nearby turbines, planning process perceptions, and attitudes toward wind turbines in general. It was also found that individuals moving into the area after wind project construction were significantly more positive than those already in the community, implying that more supportive individuals might be self-selecting into the community.
LBNL: National Survey of Attitudes of Wind Power Project Neighbors
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In 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy funded Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to lead a 4-year project collecting data from a broad-based and representative sample of individuals living near U.S. wind power projects. The aim was to widen the understanding of how U.S. communities are reacting to the deployment of wind turbines, and to provide insights to those communities considering wind projects. Berkeley Lab led this research in collaboration with University of Delaware, Portland State University, the Medical School or Hamburg (Germany), RSG Inc., and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Chinese Company Sinovel Wind Group Convicted of Theft of Trade Secrets
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Department Of Justice
A manufacturer and exporter of wind turbines based in the People’s Republic of China was convicted today of stealing trade secrets from AMSC, a U.S.-based company formerly known as American Superconductor Inc., announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Scott C. Blader for the Western District of Wisconsin.
