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.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern First German State to Produce 100 Percent RE
By
Paul Gipe
The former East German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern became the first German state to generate more electricity with renewable energy than …
Wind Action Group: Ontario 2014 Election – The Wind Turbines Won!
By
Dave Bradley
Looks like the Wind Turbines won! Overall, supporters of renewable energy landed almost 70% of the vote, and the PC’s, who made a big campaign issue of killing off renewable energy via the Green Energy Act lost big.
CBC: Ontario election 2014: Vote Compass users reveal split on wind power
By
Paul Gipe
Vote Compass users overall say wind energy should be a significant source of Ontario’s electricity supply mix – but that view is not shared by respondents who identified as supporters of the Progressive Conservatives.
Renewables International: Finally, invisible wind turbines
By
Craig Morris
A German startup launches a crowdfunding campaign tomorrow for its “wind kites,” and it is doing so by bad-mouthing the wonderful stuff we have. These folks resort to crowdfunding because people who understand the technology are skeptical. And once again, I will not abide the bad-mouthing of the great wind turbines we already have.
Philippine government considers more wind power
By
Claire-ann C. Feliciano
The government is considering increasing the capacity allocation for wind power projects under the feed-in tariff (FiT) program.
Windpower Ownership in Sweden–a Review
By
Paul Gipe
Windpower Ownership in Sweden: Business models and motives, the new book by Tore Wizelius helps English-speakers understand how Swedes have taken a sizable ownership of wind energy in spite of their government. In this, his book can serve as an inspiration to community wind advocates worldwide who face many of the same challenges faced in Sweden.
