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.
Removal of 37 Abandoned Mitsubishi Wind Turbines on Hawaii’s Big Island
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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
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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. . .
“Offshore wind is a chimera and a dangerous one at that”
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Paul Gipe
says Paul Gipe an exclusive interview with Renewable Energy Magazine . . .
Car Concerns Ontario (CCO) Calls for Moratorium on Car Sales
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Glen Estill
(Warning: Satire) Car Concerns Ontario (CCO) today called for a moratorium on sale of new cars, citing their danger to the health of citizens. . .
The Age: Wide support found for wind farms–
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THERE is much stronger public support for wind farms than media coverage of the issue would suggest, because a ”vocal minority” who oppose wind farms secure the majority of media and political attention, according to CSIRO research.
Toronto Star: Ontario anti-wind-power group accused of breaking election financing rules
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A prominent anti-wind-power group is under fire amid accusations it broke election financing by running a negative advertising campaign against Liberal candidates last fall.
