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.
British Announce “Strike Price” for Renewables & Renewable Heat
By
Paul Gipe
Highest Wind Prices in Europe—But Are They Too High?
AWEA Uses Photos from Gipe Collection
By
Paul Gipe
It’s been a long time since I’ve had anything to say about the American Wind Energy Association. To my surprise …
My Indecent Offer to the Chancellor–Because We Cannot Let the Energy Transition Fail!—A Review
By
Paul Gipe
I’d already marked up my version of Matthias Willenbacher’s book My Indecent Offer to the Chancellor in the faint hope …
Feed-in Tariffs & Massachusetts Offshore Feed-in Tariff (MORFIT)
By
Paul Gipe
Presentation on the growth of wind energy worldwide, philosophy of feed-in tariff policies, feed-in tariff design, and feed-in tariffs for offshore wind and examples of near shore and offshore community-owned wind for Cape & Islands Self-Reliance.
Renewables International: Little NIMBYism among Swiss public for wind turbines
By
Craig Morris
A new study reveals that more than three quarters of those surveyed in Switzerland support wind power, and roughly the same number say there is “no” or “only a minor” affect on people in surrounding areas. The people surveyed all live within five kilometers of a wind turbine.
San Gorgonio Pass and the “Abandoned Wind Turbines” Near Palm Springs, California—an Update
By
Paul Gipe
The old canard of 14,000 abandoned wind turbines in California came up again recently in Australia of all places. A rabid anti-wind blogger—seems the Aussies have a good crop of them downunder—posted a typically ill-informed tirade against wind energy.
