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.
Overview of Wind Energy for the International Renewable Energy Academy
By
Paul Gipe
Presentation by Paul Gipe for York University’s International Renewable Academy on 22 June 2017. Check against delivery.
Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they’re made out to be—here’s why
By
Simon Chapman
“Wind farms and nuclear power stations are responsible each for between 0.3 and 0.4 fatalities per gigawatt-hour (GWh) of electricity while fossil-fuelled power stations are responsible for about 5.2 fatalities per GWh.”
Wind’s Silent Revolution Grows in Germany with More High Specific Area Turbines
By
Paul Gipe
While thumbing through German renewables magazine, Sonne Wind&Wärme, a table jumped out at me. The table confirmed that the Silent Wind Revolution that French renewables expert Bernard Chabot first noticed several years ago is continuing.
World Wind Energy Award 2017 for German journalist Dr. Franz Alt
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Dr. Alt is a journalist who has been promoting the vision of a renewable energy world for more than two decades. As head and presenter of important political tv magazines, he became one of the most famous German journalists. Franz Alt has become one of the most important public advocates for renewable energy, in Germany and far beyond.
Finding Inspiration in Nature for the Revolution We Need
By
Sarah Taylor, Windustrious Cleveland
It is no wonder that a modern wind turbine looks so beautiful.
What instances of attempted murder or significant violence have occurred against wind industry personnel?
By
Michael Barnard
Recently a Dutch wind farm developer’s home was firebombed. Dutch Wind Developer Fire Bombed What other instances of violence against wind industry staff have occurred?
