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.
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
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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.
Total Capacity of Wind Power Plants Exceeds 3GW in Japan
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Tetsuo Nozawa
According to NEDO, about 0.18GW of wind power plants (86 plants) were newly installed in Japan in fiscal 2015. As of the end of the fiscal year, there were 2,102 wind power plants (total capacity: about 3.1GW) in Japan. This is the first time that the total capacity has exceeded 3GW.
New Pics of Old USW 56-100 Wind Turbines
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Paul Gipe
Photographer Bob Tregilus sent along a couple of pictures of some recycled US Windpower turbines in Nevada.
Exponential Growth and the Renewable Surprise
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Paul Gipe
Critics of renewable energy have a full quiver of objections of why we shouldn’t bother developing wind and solar energy. One of my favorites is when they say, “Well renewables are nice, but they can’t scale.” That is, we can never develop enough wind turbines and solar panels to ever make a difference, so we shouldn’t bother.
Study projects economic impact of wind farms in Illinois
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Lenore Sobot
The state’s 25 largest wind farms generate $30.4 million in annual property taxes and $13.86 million in extra income each year for landowners who lease their land to wind farm developers, according to a report released by Illinois State University.
