While on the subject of Scale Effect in the design of Wind Turbines, I came across some interesting aspects of the problem that are making the headlines.  Though it may not be high profile in the US, there are disturbing reports coming in from wind project in England and Denmark. The United Kingdom is pursing […]

Scale Effect is the latest mantra of the alternative energy community.  If we can just make things bigger, the costs will decrease.  I hear it a lot lately. GE and Siemens both have prototype wind turbines in demonstration programs that are designed at 2.3 to 4 megawatts of peak power.  The real key to the […]