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 Offshore Wind in Denmark 18 Cents per kWh
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Paul Gipe
While traveling in Denmark this year I picked up a local newspaper (Dagbladet 13 September 2012, p 32) that had an article on the huge Anholt offshore project in the northern Kattegat–the straits between Denmark and Sweden. The 400 MW project had only one bidder, DONG, and the price awarded was 1.051 DKK per kWh. At the exchange rate then this was ~$0.18 per kWh. . .
Wind Power: a Danish Story-A review
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Paul Gipe
This is a beautifully done DVD on the early days of the Danish wind industry. The film was produced by Jørgen Vestergaard in Danish with English subtitles and includes movie clips, photos, and interviews of Danish wind pioneers. . .
Guardian: Tory MP running campaign ‘backed rival in anti-windfarm plot’
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Covert footage reveals MP’s links to independent candidate–Energy minister denies collusion with anti-wind campaigner–Exposed by Greenpeace . . .
Paul Gipe Answers WNET’s Need To Know Questions about Renewable Energy
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WNET: We want to ask you some questions about alternative energy. Gipe. Whoa. Stop right there. “Alternative energy?” Wind, solar, and biomass haven’t been called “alternative energy” for three decades! These technologies are as “conventional”, “mainstream”, “commercial” or whatever term you want to use as coal, gas, or nuclear. Geesh, wind generates 28% of Denmark’s electricity. That’s pretty mainstream. Renewables produce more electricity in Germany than either nuclear or hard coal. In fact, the only resource that produces more electricity in Germany today is brown coal–and that’s not by much. . .
Guardian: It’s a myth that wind turbines don’t reduce carbon emissions
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Conclusive figures show that the sceptics who lobby against wind power simply have their facts wrong. . .
Wind Energy on Land has an Essential Role to Play in Germany’s Energiewende
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Paul Gipe
The following text accompanies the brief presentation by Paul Gipe at 2012 Husum WindEnergy exhibition and conference in Husum, Germany.
