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.
KunstlerCast 298 — Solar and Wind in Vermont with David Blittersdorf of All Earth Renewables
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David Blittersdorf
“Grind up the SUVs and build wind turbines with them,” says David Blittersdorf, founder of AllEarth Renewables. Podcast with more provocative thoughts on renewables, transit, and energy policy in Vermont and the nation.
Trump administration eases rule against killing birds
By
Juliet Eilperin
The Interior Department has quietly rolled back an Obama-era policy aimed at protecting migratory birds, stating in a solicitor’s opinion that it will no longer prosecute oil and gas, wind, and solar operators that accidentally kill birds.
Wind turbines could provide many local advantages
By
Peter Sinclair
A big reason Dow chose wind energy in gas-rich Texas, is that wind power has a completely predictable fuel cost (zero), which budget planners like. They don’t have to guess what their costs will be a decade in advance — creating what the company calls a “long-term competitive advantage.”
Rebuilt USW 56-100 in the Wild
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Paul Gipe
Renewable energy and electric vehicle fan Bob Tregilus was out and about in rural Nevada when he came across an odd wind turbine powering a well pump in the Reese River Valley. So he sent along his photos of a rebuilt USW 56-100s in the wild.
Busting more myths about South Australia’s wind and solar
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Hugh Saddler
Contrary to the ideas promulgated by some opponents of wind generation, most of the substantial investment in wind farms in South Australia is not being paid for by taxpayers or electricity consumers in South Australia, but was and is being built under the nationwide Large Renewable Energy Target.
It’s true, wind turbines are monstrous. But I have learned to love them
By
Alice O’keeffe
At first I resented the way they blocked the view. But now the towers look like part of a brighter future.
