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.
‘Essentially against the law’ to develop wind energy in N.L., says researcher
By
Lukas Wall
“It is prohibited for any private actor, any renewable energy company to come into Newfoundland to build a renewable energy source or to sell or transmit it on the grid. It’s essentially against the law to build wind turbines in the province.”
‘Mad Alex’: Donald Trump letters abuse Scottish ex-first minister
By
Libby Brooks
Messages sent before his White House campaign show US president-elect harassing Alex Salmond over windfarms
French wind power costs EUR 76 per MWh – study
By
Mariyana Yaneva
Levelised cost of electricity from wind farms in France stands at EUR 76 per MWh, says a joint study of Pöyry Managing Consultants and French wind industry body France Energie Eolienne published today.
Onshore windfarms more popular than thought, UK poll finds
By
Damian Carrington
Some 73% of the British public polled by ComRes support onshore windfarms in contrast with government decisions to block them
Indiana wind turbines slow to protect bats during migration
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Wind energy companies in Indiana are attempting to mitigate the deaths of bats during migration season by slowing or stopping their turbines at night.
In Scotland, gusts of wind usher in a quiet energy revolution
By
Griff Witte
But amid the gale-force havoc, the day also brought a critical milestone in a quiet energy revolution: For the first time ever, the army of spinning white turbines that has sprouted across the lush countryside generated enough electricity to power all of Scotland.
