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.
Wind Power for the World: The Rise of Modern Wind Energy—a Review
By
Paul Gipe
Wind Power for the World tells an exciting tell of hope and promise—how a small band of activists, dreamers, and entrepreneurs built one of the world’s fastest growing and dynamic industries. It’s a must read for anyone who wants to understand how we got to where are today.
Idaho National Laboratory List of Wind Turbine Power Curves Early 2000s
By
Paul Gipe
I am hosting the following spreadsheet file prepared by the Idaho National Laboratory that is no longer available or has been compromised. The xls file contains tabular power curve data for a number of wind turbines on the North American market in the early 2000s. The previous file available on the Laboratory’s web site was dated January 31, 2007.
Cleveland Heights resident works to make wind a viable regional energy source
By
James Henke
Its goal is to create a wind farm off the shores of Lake Erie and use wind power to replace fossil fuels as a source of energy in this region.
What happens during windstorms in Germany?
By
Craig Morris
This year, it will have closer to a third renewable power, close the new target for 2020, which now stands at 35 percent. Moreover, the level of 20 percent – once thought hard to reach by 2020 – has become hard to fall below in 2015.
What countries have the most wind power per capita as of December 2015?
By
Mike Barnard
The answer is Denmark by a mile, followed by Germany then Spain. I’m pleased to see Canada in fourth spot, beating USA and the UK by a reasonable amount.
German government clamps down on renewables growth
By
Craig Morris
Wind power, which the transition needs the most, will suffer the most, especially on shore.
