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.
Buchenwald’s Liberation and What It Says about the Development of Wind Energy
By
Paul Gipe
Today marks the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945 by the 6th armored division of the US Third Army. Buchenwald is significant for several reasons. 56,000 people died in the camp, some one-quarter of those imprisoned.
What’s the hottest selling turbine in Germany?
By
Craig Morris
On the left, we see turbine types for which permits were granted last year; on the right, those actually built in 2015. In other words, the ones on the left point into the future more than those on the right do.
Assigned ISBNs to Wind Energy for the Rest of Us
By
Paul Gipe
Big step in the long road to publishing my new book: Wind Energy for the Rest of Us. Today I assigned the ISBN numbers to the digital and print version. Each version of the book has its own distinct ISBN number.
Eoliennes : l’Assemblée nationale supprime la disposition sur les monuments historiques
By
Constance Maria
France’s National assembly defeats Senate measure to effectively ban wind turbines in France.
Moulins de France : pourquoi tant de haine ?
By
Claudio Rumolino
The proposed law on the cultural landscape in France is a Trojan Horse designed to ban wind turbines. Why do they hate windmills so much?
Will offshore wind turbines close in Germany before 20 years are up?
By
Philipp Schmagold
In the last few years of eligibility, feed-in tariffs for offshore wind power dropped to 3.9 cents. Today, guest author Philipp Schmagold explains that the rising cost of O&M at the end of the second decade will make these turbines unprofitable.
