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.
Wind Mortality Statistics Needs Updates
By
Paul Gipe
Note that the article below is out of date. See the most current database for the number of fatal accidents in the wind industry. Below is a summary table from the spreadsheet. Note that there are four other tabs not reproduced here.
Offshore, the Renewable Energy Solution? For Whom?
By
Reinhard Lonsing
Presentation on the costs of offshore wind energy relative to that onshore at the WWEC 3-5 July 2012 in Bonn. . .
Wind Development in the Ukraine
By
Andriy Konechenkov
Presentation at the WWEC 3-5 July 2012 Bonn. . .
Scenarios with High Shares of Renewable Energies
By
Dr. Carsten Pape
Summarizes the German Leitstudie (2011) that found 60 TWh of storage would be needed to meet Germany’s 2050 renewable targets.
Getting the Wind Up: Exploring the concerns about adverse health effects of wind power in Australia and Europe
By
Neil Barrett
Denmark and Germany provide evidence of a different kind: despite the presence of 30,000 wind turbines in these two countries, adverse health effects are not a significant issue in either country. . .
SJMN: Altamont Pass celebrates ‘repowering’ of wind farm
By
Dana Hull
John Jackson, a local cattle rancher, owns 480 acres in the area and has wind turbines on his property. He’s seen the wind farm change over the years and is a fan of the new turbines. . . “I like them,” he said. “The old ones would shut down if the winds got too strong, and then they’d fall down and hit the wires and start grass fires. These spin slower than the old ones, and they are very quiet.”
