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 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.”
Removal of 37 Abandoned Mitsubishi Wind Turbines on Hawaii’s Big Island
By
Paul Gipe
Finally, decades after being abandoned on South Point of Hawaii’s Big Island the 37 Mitsubishi turbines have been removed. Long a source of embarassment in the wind industry and a source for right wing attacks on the viability of wind energy, the derelict turbines have been removed.
I am Sick of Anti-Wind Propaganda
By
Paul Gipe
Yes, anti-wind hysteria has made me sick. I got queasy in my stomach when I think of the 150,000 wind turbines operating worldwide and still no epidemic of death and disease had yet broken out despite the sickening anti-wind hype in the English-speaking world. . .
