When a wind turbine reaches the end of its life after two or three decades, the giant blades attached to it usually end up in a landfill. That’s largely because of the materials that are used. “[The ...

Thanks to the development of new, lightweight rotors, engineers in Germany have created a small wind turbine that excels at ...

The three-blade design of modern wind turbines is not an accident but a precise balance of aerodynamics and physics.

Researchers in Korea have developed a new design platform — and a staggering 12-megawatt-class blade to match — in an effort to put wind beneath the sails of its domestic production of wind power. The ...

Wind tunnel tests revealed that the turbine can reach up to 450 revolutions per minute and deliver a power output of 2,500 ...

At 40% cheaper to build and deploy than a normal turbine, it presents the opportunity for a 30% lower cost for buying the ...

Three GE business units will partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to develop and demonstrate an integrated additive manufacturing process for ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A new wind turbine blade design that researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developed in partnership with Knight & Carver (K&C) of San Diego promises to be more efficient ...

Researchers at the DoE’s Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), working with engineers from Arkema Inc of Pennsylvania, have shown it is possible to build wind turbine blades with the ...

MURRAY COUNTY – When a 2003-vintage wind farm in southwestern Minnesota became obsolete, its owner Allete Clean Energy tore it down and built anew. The new Northern Wind project came online last month ...

Robots aren’t going to take over the world, but they can definitely make life a lot easier for humans. And that was the aim of BladeBUG, a UK startup that has developed insect-like robots to inspect, ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – A manufacturing misstep is believed to have led to the failure of a wind turbine blade at the Vineyard Wind 1 project, and the environmental consultancy firm hired to conduct an ...