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.
WPM: Finding the optimum low-wind design combination
By
Eize De Vries
As fewer favourable high-wind speed sites are available, interest in effectively exploiting regions with lower wind speeds is growing worldwide. But in order to optimise results at these locations, wind technology is having to evolve, and equipment is being developed to target this market.
UBA: Wind Energy Potential on Land and Surface Area Required in Germany (auf Deutsch)
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13.8% of Germany is suitable for wind energy. This land area could hold 1,190,000 MW and could generate 2,900 TWh/yr. New turbines could reduce the land area required by 3/4 and still produce 2,400 TWh/yr.
Photos of One-Bladed Wind Turbines Posted
By
Paul Gipe
I’ve posted archival photos of one-bladed wind turbines in Germany and Italy under the section Large Wind Turbines.
Esperance Express: Wind Farm Celebrates 20 Years in Australia
By
Elizabeth Langdale
It has been 10 years since the Nine Mile Beach wind farm was commissioned and 20 years since the Ten Mile Lagoon wind farm was commissioned. . .
Wind Power Silent Revolution: New Wind Turbines for Light Wind Sites
By
Bernard Chabot
This article demonstrates that those claims are realistic and that such new turbines models for this kind of sites open new opportunities for onshore wind development with specific advantages: more TWh delivered per GW and per year, higher penetration rates, new opportunities for wind developers, including farmers and cooperatives located in those light wind speed regions, lower competition for access to convenient sites, and specific advantages for grid operators: much more hours of operation per year at rated power and less GW of peak transmission capacity for given medium and long term targets in terms of TWh/year or penetration rates.
More Wine Labels Featuring Wind Turbines Posted under Cultural Icons
By
Paul Gipe
Wine labels often celebrate the local landscape, the paysage in French. So it is fitting that vineyards add scenes depicting landscapes with wind turbines to their wine labels. . .
