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.
AWEA’s Tom Gray–US Wind Pioneer—Dies
By
Paul Gipe
Tom Gray, former executive director of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) died Wednesday.
Energy Democracy, by Craig Morris & Arne Jungjohann: A Review
By
Paul Gipe
Is one of the most powerful books on the renewable energy revolution in decades. It’s a chronicle of the remarkable transformation underway in the world’s fourth-largest industrial economy.
The modern wind sector – and the Energiewende – turns 30 today
By
Craig Morris
When was the Energiewende born? Lots of dates are tossed around, but one German press report argues that it all started today 30 years ago, when a test wind farm was connected to the grid.
Wind power hit record low price in German auctions. Few are happy
By
Craig Morris
Germany’s Network Agency has announced the results of the second round of onshore wind auctions. The new price is 4.29 cents/kWh, a quarter lower than the 5.71 cents from the first round.
The climate and air-quality benefits of wind and solar power in the United States
By
Lbnl
We find cumulative wind and solar air-quality benefits of 2015 US$29.7–112.8 billion mostly from 3,000 to 12,700 avoided premature mortalities, and cumulative climate benefits of 2015 US$5.3–106.8 billion.
2016 Wind Technologies Market Report
By
Lbnl
$13 billion was invested in new wind power plants in 2016. In 2016, wind energy contributed 5.6% of the nation’s electricity supply, more than 10% of total electricity generation in fourteen states, and 29% to 37% in three of those states—Iowa, South Dakota, and Kansas.
