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.
How the Silent Wind Power Revolution May Contribute to the Danish Energy and Climate Plan
By
Bernard Chabot
Chabot examines Denmark’s 2012 policy to address climate change and finds, surprise, that the Danes are well on their way to meeting their objectives–ahead of schedule.
French Electricity Demand and Contribution by Wind & Solar PV (en francais)
By
Bernard Chabot
Wind covers 3.7% and solar PV 1.3% of 462 TWh of consumption. Wind & solar are seasonally complimentary. With current policies France is unlikely to meet its 2020 targets of 27% renewable energy electricity.
Social acceptance is the invisible barrier for wind power in Mexico
By
Juan Mayorga
The most challenging hurdle that the Mexican wind sector faces is the engagement with the local populations that own the land where major wind parks are intended to be set up.
Two Firms Fined over Offshore Wind Worker Death
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Two companies have been sentenced after a worker was killed and another seriously injured during construction of an offshore wind farm.
California Energy Commission Simply Out of Touch
By
Paul Gipe
State web site’s banner photo of a wind farm not shot in California.
FloDesign-Ogin Diffuser Augmented Turbine (DAWT) in the Wild
By
Paul Gipe
What the photos clearly show is that the prototype has abandoned the lobed mixer-ejector feature that was the hallmark of the design—and the justification for the hype that this turbine would be the second coming that we’ve all waited for.
