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Medium-size and Large Wind Turbines
- The Times: Spain’s wind turbines supply half of the national power grid--November 10, 2009 Spain was celebrating its commitment to renewable energy yesterday after wind turbines dotted across the country produced more than half of all its electricity for the first time. . .
- Gipe Receives Canadian Wind Award for Feed-in Tariff Campaign--Long-time renewable energy advocate Paul Gipe was selected by the Canadian Wind Energy Association for its Individual Leadership Award at its 2009 conference in Toronto September 22. . .
- Coal Plants Closing, People Owning Their Own Power, Feed-in Tariffs and More a podcast interview with Paul Gipe, author of Wind Energy Basics
- Wind Power Teaching Support Materials Exchange
- Community Colleges Offering Wind Courses in North America--Several North American community colleges have begun using my book Wind Power for their programs on wind energy. Professors in these programs have approached me and my publishers, Chelsea Green, for additional course materials. . .
- Avian mortality from wind power, fossil-fuel, and nuclear electricity by Benjamin K. Sovacool--This article explores the threats that wind farms pose to birds and bats before briefly surveying the recent literature on avian mortality and summarizing some of the problems with it. . .
- Wind Power in Context an Energy Watch Report by Dr. Rudolf Rechsteiner, member of the Swiss Parliament's Energy Committee
- What Happens If Wind Energy Gets Successful in the U.S.A.? by Dave Bradley, Buffalo, New York Wind Energy Engineering Committee
- A Challenge Worthy of Great Nations: Moving from a Nation of Consumers to a Nation of Producers (ASPO US Sacramento)
- Gore Calls for 100% Renewable Electricity Supply in the US within 10 years
- Post Carbon Institute’s Plan to reach Al Gore’s ambitious goal of 100% Renewable Electricity in ten years (calling for feed-in tariffs)
- Gore sets goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2020: Can Wind Meet It? by Jérôme Guillet
- Gipe Receives 2008 World Wind Energy Award
- Fantasy Wind Turbines (Read this first.)
- One Million Megawatts of Wind Capacity for the USA: A Target Worthy of a Great Nation
- Gipe Urges Change in AWEA
(Because of the relevance of this topic, I've moved this decade-old post up the list.)
- Why wind needs feed-in tariffs by Jérôme Guillet
- Great Lakes Offshore Wind: Greenpeace interview with Paul Gipe (mp4)
- Cleveland's Urban Wind Turbine
- Solar Without Limits: Breaking Free from Net Metering
- Worldwide Wind Energy Development 2007
- American Energy Independence through Cooperative Investment in Wind Energy by Mike Kendall
- Generator Ratings & Capacity Factors: Why You Should Avoid Them
- Landowner's Guide to Wind Energy
- Wind Power (2004) Available Soon in French
- IEC Wind Turbine Classes
- Smart Generation: Powering Ontario With Renewable Energy by the David Suzuki Foundation
- Sobering Altamont Bird Report Issued
- Wind Energy Contracts, Land Leases, & Royalties for Landowners
- The Cost of the Iraq War and the Lost Opportunities for Development of Renewable Energy (Updated to January 18, 2007)
- European Wind Experience to 2001
- Return of Two Blades? A new look at an old idea
- Roof-Top Mounting of Wind Turbines
- More Wind than First Thought?
USA report stirs minor tempest
- Why I Oppose the Production Tax Credit
- Chicago Offshore Wind Negates Crackpot Invention
- Comments on the Vortec Diffuser Augmented Turbine
- Windpower 98 Tehachapi Tour
- Self-Guided Tour to the Wind Farms
of the Tehachapi Pass
- Midwest Wind Farm Trip
Report and Observations
- Landowner's Guide to Wind Energy In the Upper Midwest
- The Great Wind Rush of 99
- California or Bust:
the Wind Energy Rush of 99?
- Remarks by Paul Gipe at the Dedication of EDON's Wind Plant at Eemshaven
- AWT 26 Generates Noise Complaint
- Let's Put Wind Energy on the
California Map
- Kenetech Windpower (U.S. Windpower)
citations in Wind Energy Comes of Age
- Repowering California
Wind Power Plants
Wind Statistics
While it isn't humanly possible to keep up with all the myths, misperceptions, and outright lies about renewable energy and especially wind energy by those wed to fossil fuels, here are a few links that shed light on the facts. Note that some of the data countering common myths and explanations of how wind and solar technology work can be found in my books and elsewhere on this web site.--Paul Gipe
- Comment on the nature of the NIMBYist position in Ontario by Don Chisolm, (Prince Edward) County Sustainability Group
- Warming Up Wind Chill: Taking on the Fallacious “Report” by the Centre for Policy Studies--Normally, I ignore reports such as Wind Chill by Tony Lodge at the Centre for Policy Studies. Wind Chill is not a study, nor a technical paper. It is, simply, a political screed. . .
- "Reliable" Nuclear Unreliable Afterall Even in France--Anti-wind activists often claim that nuclear is more reliable than wind energy and, therefore, we should just use nuclear and forget wind energy, solar energy, and renewables in general. . .
- Anti-wind now not just for NIMBY’s--Opposition to wind power used to be the province of NIMBY’s who quailed at the supposed intrusion into their viewsheds and soundsheds. No more. Wind power is big — its share of U.S. electricity reached 1.3% last year — and getting bigger fast enough to alarm the Far Right and other feeders at the trough of coal and nuclear. . .
- Wind Power's Displacement of Fossil Fuels by Charles Komanoff--[W]hen wind turbines are operated as parts of an interconnected grid for which the dominant share of energy is provided by generators burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), wind power generation displaces fossil fuel use at a nearly 1-for-1 rate. . .
- Germany Reduces Carbon Dioxide with Renewables
- Ontarians Pay More for Electricity Per Month Than Germans--It seems counterintuitive. German residential consumers pay less for electricity per month than those in Ontario. . .
- Dutch Wind Growth: Despite rumors to the contrary, the Dutch continue to install wind turbines
- Wind Turbines in Denmark by the Danish Energy Agency (2009)--A typically well done official Danish review of how many wind turbines exist in Denmark, how well they work, how they are integrated into the landscape and the grid, and how the community benefits. . .
- The Danish Wind Experience: Truth and Fiction by Samir Succar, NRDC--Rebuttal of the Centre for Policy Studies' (CEPOS) so-called report on wind energy in Denmark. . .
- Danish Renewable Energy Policy A Review--Danish Renewable Energy Policy by Preben Maegaard recounts the historic development of Danish policy from the perspective of one its participants. . . The report contains useful data on the development of renewable energy and its role in Danish electricity supply. . .
- Good Wind in Denmark: Rebuttal to Wild Claims That Denmark Has Abandoned Wind Energy--The Danes have an expression, as do most European cultures, to wish one good fortune on parting. The expression comes from the days of sail: God Vind or Good Wind! The wind is good in Denmark, and it is still blowing strong despite myths to the contrary. . .
- More on "renewable" energy another insightful analysis by Craig Morris of the American Spectator's "critique" of renewable energy . . .
- Wind power by Jérôme Guillet--a series of articles on the status of wind power by a European banker. Clear, concise, factual, Guillet debunks some myths about wind energy.
- French Wind Growth Continuing--Despite rumors to the contrary by anti-wind Anglophones, French wind energy development is continuing. In fact growth is accelerating according to data published by France Énergie Éolienne, the French Wind Energy Association. . .
- Myths about Renewable Energy and Ontario's Green Energy Act
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- The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health on Wind Turbines--. . . The review concluded that there is no evidence of noise-induced health effects at levels emitted by wind turbines . . .
- Attack on industrial wind puffed with false peer review claims--Self-published book gained media attention through deception says Grist author Gar Lipow. . .
- BWEA Fact Sheet: Wind turbines and alleged health symptoms--Wind Turbine Syndrome (“WTS”) is an alleged condition proposed by pediatrician Dr Nina Pierpoint. . .
- Are wind farms a health risk? by Britain's National Health Service--No firm conclusions can be drawn from this study as the design was weak and included only 38 people. . .
- Why so much noise about wind?: Life is full of choices, four doctors argue, and wind turbines are more healthy than the alternatives. . .
- For and against wind power: Utility-scale wind energy, critics insist, is neither as green as supporters say, nor as economical by Tyler Hamilton, Toronto Star
- Noise protesters howling about windfarms: Group calls giant turbines a threat to health, but early studies suggest fears are overblown by Tyler Hamilton, Toronto Star
- The Health Impact of Wind Turbines: A Review of the Current White, Grey, and Published Literature by Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit (Ontario, Canada)--opposition to wind farms on the basis of potential adverse health consequences is not justified by the evidence. . .
- Further Clarification of Health Effects from Wind Turbines by Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit (Ontario, Canada)--The author is W. David Colby, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Acting Medical Officer of Health, Chatham-Kent Health Unit, who has been attacked personally and professionally in "the language of people with a higher
regard for their own convictions than for the facts."
- 'Annoyance' factor exists, Chatham Daily News--Dr. David Colby doesn't doubt that some people are bothered by the noise generated by a wind turbine, but the acting medical officer of health for Chatham-Kent says there's no direct link between wind turbine noise and health problems. . .
- New report eases concerns over wind turbine noise--Based on these findings, [the British] Government does not consider there to be a compelling case for further work into AM [Aerodynamic Modulation] and will not carry out any further research at this time; however it will continue to keep the issue under review. . .
- The Measurement of Low Frequency Noise at Three UK Wind Farms--The Measurement of Low Frequency Noise at Three UK Wind Farms--Of the 126 wind farms operating in the UK, five have been reported low frequency noise problems. Therefore, such complaints are the exception rather than a general problem which exists for all wind farms. . .
- Myth: Turbines are a health hazard by Britain's Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform--In 25 years of wind generation, with 68,000 turbines now worldwide, there are no significant reports of health issues. This includes Denmark, whose turbine density is 30 times that of the UK. . .
- Setbacks in California--There is no one setback from residences for large wind turbines in California. Setbacks are regulated by individual counties. In 2006, the University of California at Davis did a survey of setback requirements in California. Note that the setbacks range from ~100 m to 300 m. . .
- Public Safety and Setbacks: Excerpted from Wind Energy Comes of Age by Paul Gipe, John Wiley & Sons, Inc New York (1995), pages 361-364, ISBN 0-471-10924-X. This except is provided as public service.
- Renewable Energy in the 21st Century: Why renewable energy is the best alternative by the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance
- Six ways of providing baseload power from wind by the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance
- Wind Energy The Facts by the European Wind Energy Association (with a very good summary of wind penetration in Europe)
- Wind Power: 10 Myths Explained by Britain's Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- Letter from Las Vegas about Mars by Craig Morris on Noise and Wild Claims
- An Attack of the Bellamoids: James Lovelock says the government’s enthusiasm for wind farms approaches fascism.--By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian, 31st March 2009
- Audubon's Position on Wind Power--Audubon strongly supports properly-sited wind power as a clean alternative energy source that reduces the threat of global warming. . .
- Windy Myths Debunked by the Canadian Wind Energy Association
- Charles Komanoff Debunking "anti" Wind Arguments
- Debunking the Myths about Windpower by WWF and Greenpeace
- The bizarre dance of wind power: Local opponents and right-wing think tanks by Erik Curren
- The fierce urgency of now: Yes, windmills and dams deface the landscape but the climate crisis demands immediate action by Bill McKibben
- Pro Wind Alliance--A voice of reason in the British Isles not connected to any trade association.
- Wind Action Group--A forum for sharing information about Wind Energy and its ramifications, environmental, social and economic, for the Western New York region.
- Why I hate Wind Farms and Think There Should be More of Them by Peter Harper
- The Wind in My Sails by Peter Harper
- Peter Harper's Response to Rob Collister's cri de coeur Regarding Wind Farms
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- Wind Power [Grid Integration] Myths Debunked by IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, November/December 2009--Several misunderstandings and myths have arisen due to the characteristics
of wind generation, particularly because wind-energy generation only occurs
when the wind is blowing. . .
- Grid Integration of Wind Energy--Grid integration of renewable energy, especially wind energy, is a controversial topic-and has been for nearly three decades. Frankly, I think the subject has been beaten to death and for my part the questions answered many times over. . .
- Wind Power's Displacement of Fossil Fuels by Charles Komanoff--[W]hen wind turbines are operated as parts of an interconnected grid for which the dominant share of energy is provided by generators burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), wind power generation displaces fossil fuel use at a nearly 1-for-1 rate. . .
- The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind by Jérôme Guillet--An excellent primer on the value and integration of wind into utility systems. . .
- More on the Merit Order Effect by Jérôme Guillet
- A Review of Large-scale Wind Integration in the United States by Ryan Wiser, LBL
- The Merit Order Effect: A detailed analysis of the price effect of renewable electricity generation on spot market prices in Gemany by the Fraunhofer Institute (2007)
- Arne Kildegaard on the Merit Order Effect (Univ. of MN)
- Analysis of the Price Effect of Renewable Electricity Generation on Spot Market Prices in Germany by Frank Sensuss, Massimo Genose, Mario Ragwitz (on the Merit Order Effect)
- Wind Penetration Update Denmark 2007
- Midwest Wind Integration Study
- Wind Penetration Update 2006
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