Energy-generating wind turbines have come a long way since the first-known example was built in the late 1880s. What started as a 10-meter-tall (33 feet) construction in a back garden in Scotland ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed researchers to re-purpose ...

Divya Tyagi, a Penn State engineering student, has cracked a 100-year-old wind energy equation, refining Glauert’s classical model and significantly improving wind turbine efficiency.

A Vestas wind turbine has suffered damage to two blades at a wind farm in Norway, the second such incident in a matter of months, forcing the site offline. Two blades on a Vestas V117-4.2MW machine ...

Siemens Gamesa has completed work on what to date is the world’s most powerful installed wind turbine. The final blades for the 21.5-MW prototype offshore turbine were installed April 2 at the ...

He signed an executive order that stopped all new approvals, and renewals, of wind energy projects on federal lands and waters, citing “consequences of which may lead to grave harm — including ...

Global wind turbine installations set a record for the second year in 2024, with China leading, according to a report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). BNEF has confirmed that a total of 121.6 gigawatts (GW) ...

The wind energy industry continues to suffer a plague of embarrassing headlines after two more turbines were damaged in recent days, with the hub and blades falling off a turbine in Canada and a ...

GE Vernova is going to supply more than 100 US-made wind turbines to renewables developer RWE for 308 megawatts (MW) of wind projects in west Texas. RWE is repowering its 127 MW Forest Creek ...