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.
2013 was a record-setting year for Danish wind power
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Carsten Vittrup
Never before has Energinet.dk incorporated so much wind power in the Danish power system as in 2013, and never before did the wind turbines generate what corresponds to more than 50 per cent of the Danes’ electricity consumption in one month.
El Pais: Spain breezes into record books as wind power becomes main source of energy
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Wind power was the main source of energy in Spain last year for the first time ever and also for the first time ever in any country, according to the industry association AEE.
New Smith-Putnam Records Uncovered Include Log Books
By
Paul Gipe
Archivists at the York County Heritage Trust have uncovered a treasure trove of records from the 1.25 MW Smith-Putnam turbine …
No More Coal Being Burned in Ontario: Happy New Year
By
Glen Estill
Between 1 and 2 PM, December 31 2013, the last coal fired generating station in Ontario stopped producing power. No more coal will be burned in Ontario to produce power. The coal shutdown is the largest climate initiative in Canada, and is a significant milestone.
Providence Journal: Miles Grant: Shady critics attack Cape Wind effort
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Miles Grant
If you’re going to join the public debate on our climate and energy future, should you have to disclose who you work for? Or should you be allowed to create a front group out of thin air to attack clean energy without ever saying who’s paying you to do so?
Guelph Mercury: Canada getting blown away by wind power
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Owen Roberts
It’s hard to believe, but the tempest over wind energy may be losing speed. . . But now, in at least some parts of the province, particularly around Lake Erie, the statistics appear to show people are warming up to wind power.
