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.
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.
What’s bigger in India, China, and Brazil: wind or nuclear?
By
Bernard Chabot
Bernard Chabot is back today with a comparison of wind and nuclear in the “BICS” countries (BRICS without Russia). He points out that wind has boomed in China since the country got rid of auctions and switched to FITs.
Onshore wind schemes now being installed are more than 30 per cheaper than Hinkley C!
By
Dave Toke
Onshore wind schemes now being installed are being paid over 30 per cent less than what Hinkley C would be paid under the UK Government’s current agreement with EDF if it was generating now.
