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.
New IEC3A Wind Turbines: Bright Strategic and Economic Perspectives for Onshore Wind in Medium to Low Wind Speed Areas
By
Bernard Chabaot
Commercial availability of the new IEC3A wind turbine models, which have been specifically designed for high productivity in low and light wind conditions, opens new opportunities for onshore wind power development worldwide. An open question is whether the price of electricity delivered from wind farms using this type of wind turbine will be competitive with the cost of kilowatt-hours (kWh) from conventional power plants and/or from electricity markets. The analysis proposed in this article by Bernard Chabot shows that there are good prospects for cost competitiveness; meaning that power produced in these low and light wind conditions will soon be one of the most competitive energy technologies able to deliver clean electricity in the vast majority of countries.
Windtech: New IEC3A Wind Turbines
By
Bernard Chabot
Commercial availability of the new IEC3A wind turbine models, which have been specifically designed for high productivity in low and light wind conditions, opens new opportunities for onshore wind power development worldwide.
Esperance Wind-Diesel System Passes 20-Year Anniversary
By
Paul Gipe
Ten Mile Lagoon wind farm on the south coast of West Australia was commissioned 20-years ago. The pioneering wind-diesel system …
Low Wind Speed and Medium Wind Speed Turbines or New Large Diameter Turbines with Low Generator Ratings
By
Paul Gipe
Long awaited, low specific capacity-high specific area turbines are the kind of technology needed to make wind energy an essential low-cost component of moving society toward 100% renewable energy.
Power Plant Decommissioning and Dismantling: PG&E’s Kern River Power Plant—28 Years and Waiting
By
Paul Gipe
The question about what to do with wind turbines after they’ve reached the end of their useful lives is often …
Decommissioning and Dismantling Wind Turbines and Wind Plants
By
Paul Gipe
Because of a flood of misinformation about what it costs to dismantle wind turbines, I’ve chosen to post a section from my 1995 book on the topic. Note that this was written nearly two decades ago.
