Module 9 discusses wind energy at a number of scales and both land and off-shore application. Wind has been the most rapidly growing form of renewable energy. Lecture materials are adapted from chapters 7 of 'Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future' 2/e, (2004) edited by Godfrey Boyle.
Topics for Module 9: Wind power 9.1: Introduction 9.2: The wind & wind resources 9.3: Wind turbines: types & components [& innovations] 9.4: Aerodynamics of wind turbines 9.5: Power & energy from wind turbines 9.6: Wind project scale & Vermont examples 9.7: Environmental impacts 9.8: Economics 9.9: Commercial development & potential 9.10: Offshore & ocean wind potential & development
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Wind energy in Vermont:
> Swanton wind developers put project on indefinite hiatus (Noyes, VPR, 8 Dec 2017)
> Big tubines 'incompatible' with Windham region, plan says (Faher, VT Digger, 3 Dec 2017)
> What's up with wind power in Vermont? (Harvey, CleanTechnica, 24 May 2017)
> VPR poll: On large-scale wind, Vermonters are split over local control (Weiss-Tisman, VPR, 20 Oct 2016)
> Grampa's Knob 75th anniversary (Reicher, VPR, 19 Oct 2016)
> Expanding wind power in Vermont: siting new turbines (Harris et al., Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College, 4 May 2005)
> Swanton wind developers put project on indefinite hiatus (Noyes, VPR, 8 Dec 2017)
> Big tubines 'incompatible' with Windham region, plan says (Faher, VT Digger, 3 Dec 2017)
> What's up with wind power in Vermont? (Harvey, CleanTechnica, 24 May 2017)
> VPR poll: On large-scale wind, Vermonters are split over local control (Weiss-Tisman, VPR, 20 Oct 2016)
> Grampa's Knob 75th anniversary (Reicher, VPR, 19 Oct 2016)
> Expanding wind power in Vermont: siting new turbines (Harris et al., Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College, 4 May 2005)
Wind resources & site assessment:
> Global wind atlas (World Bank Group)
> NRG Systems: wind and solar measurement tools (Hinesburg, VT)
> Wind power surpasses hydroelectric in a crucial measure (Cardwell, NYTimes, 9 Feb 2017)
> It can power a small nation. But this wind farm in China is mostly idle. (Hernandez, NYTimes, 15 Jan 2017)
> Denmark runs entirely on wind for a day (Walker, Independent, 2 Mar 2017)
> New wind designs photo gallery (Harris, The Guardian, 8 May 2017)
> Is wind power saving rural Iowa or wrecking it? (Eller and Hardy, The Des Moines Register, 2017)
> EPA says wind tax credits should be eliminated (Geuss, Ars Technical, 10 Oct 2017)
> Global wind atlas (World Bank Group)
> NRG Systems: wind and solar measurement tools (Hinesburg, VT)
> Wind power surpasses hydroelectric in a crucial measure (Cardwell, NYTimes, 9 Feb 2017)
> It can power a small nation. But this wind farm in China is mostly idle. (Hernandez, NYTimes, 15 Jan 2017)
> Denmark runs entirely on wind for a day (Walker, Independent, 2 Mar 2017)
> New wind designs photo gallery (Harris, The Guardian, 8 May 2017)
> Is wind power saving rural Iowa or wrecking it? (Eller and Hardy, The Des Moines Register, 2017)
> EPA says wind tax credits should be eliminated (Geuss, Ars Technical, 10 Oct 2017)
Environmental effects of wind power:
> Envrionmental impacts of wind power (The Union of Concened Scientists, 5 Mar 2013)
> Planting wind energy on farms may help crops, researchers say (Inman, National Geographic 21 Dec 2011)
> Why people believe low frequency sound is dangerous (Jaekl, The Atlantic, 19 Jun 2017)
> Wind energy isn't a breeze: farmers near wind turbines face (sometimes literal) headaches (Menshing, Slate, Aug 2017)
> Wind power affects climate - cooling and warming regions around farms, study says (Kirk-Davidoff, The Conversation, 11 Feb 2014)
> Power struggle: Vermont utilities don't want new wind power (Hallenbeck, Seven Days, 7 Oct 2015)
> Altered cortial and subcortical activity due to infrasound administered near the hearing threshold - evidence from FRMI (Weichenberger et al.,
PlosOne, 12 Apr 2017)
> Envrionmental impacts of wind power (The Union of Concened Scientists, 5 Mar 2013)
> Planting wind energy on farms may help crops, researchers say (Inman, National Geographic 21 Dec 2011)
> Why people believe low frequency sound is dangerous (Jaekl, The Atlantic, 19 Jun 2017)
> Wind energy isn't a breeze: farmers near wind turbines face (sometimes literal) headaches (Menshing, Slate, Aug 2017)
> Wind power affects climate - cooling and warming regions around farms, study says (Kirk-Davidoff, The Conversation, 11 Feb 2014)
> Power struggle: Vermont utilities don't want new wind power (Hallenbeck, Seven Days, 7 Oct 2015)
> Altered cortial and subcortical activity due to infrasound administered near the hearing threshold - evidence from FRMI (Weichenberger et al.,
PlosOne, 12 Apr 2017)
Offshore wind: potential, technology & implementation:
> There's enough wind energy over the oceans to power human civilization, scientists say (Mooney, Washington Post, 9 Oct 2019)
> The future of offshore wind farms in the Atlantic (Kalish, The New England News Collaborative, 13 Nov 2017)
> Geophysical potential for wind energy over the open oceans (Possner and Caldeira, PNAS, 30 Aug 2017)
> Hywind - the leading solution for offshore wind power (Statoil, 2017)
> First floating wind farm, built by offshore oil company, delivers electricity (Geuess, Ars Technica, 18 Oct 2017)
> Statoil wins offshore wind lease in New York (Statoil, 16 Dec 2016)
> First evidence that offshore wind farms are changing the oceans (MIT Technology Review, 22 Sep 2017)
> There's enough wind energy over the oceans to power human civilization, scientists say (Mooney, Washington Post, 9 Oct 2019)
> The future of offshore wind farms in the Atlantic (Kalish, The New England News Collaborative, 13 Nov 2017)
> Geophysical potential for wind energy over the open oceans (Possner and Caldeira, PNAS, 30 Aug 2017)
> Hywind - the leading solution for offshore wind power (Statoil, 2017)
> First floating wind farm, built by offshore oil company, delivers electricity (Geuess, Ars Technica, 18 Oct 2017)
> Statoil wins offshore wind lease in New York (Statoil, 16 Dec 2016)
> First evidence that offshore wind farms are changing the oceans (MIT Technology Review, 22 Sep 2017)