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.

The Silent Revolution in wind energy is the advent of large diameter rotors driving relatively small generators.

Wind’s Silent Revolution Grows in Germany with More High Specific Area Turbines

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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.

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Finding Inspiration in Nature for the Revolution We Need

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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?

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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?

Bob Jans' BMW i3 destroyed after fire bombing.

Dutch Wind Developer Fire Bombed

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Paul Gipe

Sometime around midnight 10-11 April the home of Bob Jans was firebombed in Assen, the Netherlands. Both Jans and his wife were home, asleep at the time.

The Crazy Lifestyle of a Woman Who Repairs Wind Turbine Blades

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Kristine Wong

When she’s not climbing in Patagonia, Jessica Kilroy hangs off wind turbines