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’s Up: Planning the Future Now
By
Mark Ashby
The Resource Management Act, plans developed under it, and RMA processes are capable of facilitating wind energy development and of dealing with the range of effects associated with a wind farm. However, if wind energy development proceeds at the pace and reaches the levels experienced in places such as Western Europe, an ad hoc approach to the planning issues will not maximise benefits and minimise problems. Sustainable development needs integrated management, and integrated management requires a strategic approach at all levels of government.
‘Wind power in the UK: how planning conditions and financial arrangements affect outcomes’
By
David Toke
This article reviews some planning and financial conditions facing wind power development in the UK. Overall the 2002-2003 period has seen a big increase in planning consents. . .
Current experience with supporting wind power in European electricity markets by ISET, Kassel
By
Martin Hoppe-kilpper
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Sobering Altamont Bird Report Issued
By
Paul Gipe
A much anticipated update on wind turbines and birds in California’s Altamont Pass concludes that the problem is more severe …
Return of Two Blades? A new look at an old idea
By
Paul Gipe
An edited version of this article appeared in the Summer 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 3) edition of WindStats. With …
Chicago Offshore Wind Negates Crackpot Invention
By
Paul Gipe
An edited version of the following was read on National Public Radio’s Weekend Sunday program. Weekend Edition Sunday Re: Robbie …
