As wind turbines have increased in size and diameter of their blades, this has noticeably increased the speed of especially the blade tips. With more and more wind turbine blade tips now exceeding ...

Wind turbines are a fantastic, cheap, renewable source of energy. However, nothing lasts forever, and over time, the blades of wind turbines fatigue and must be replaced. This then raises the ...

Conventional recycling techniques don't work on wind turbine blades. Now, an Ohio startup is turning them into park benches and planters. But how much trash will the wind energy industry create?

By Douglas Tshudy, Global Wind Sector Marketing Manager, Lubricant Solutions, Shell As wind farms expand into increasingly ...

Sandia’s 100-meter blade is the basis for the Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor (SUMR), a new low-cost offshore 50-MW wind turbine. At dangerous wind speeds, the blades are stowed and aligned ...

Most wind energy comes from turbines that can be as tall as a 20-story building and have three 200-foot (60-meter)-long blades. The wind spins the blades, which turn a shaft connected to a ...

a 127-MW wind farm in West Texas. The company is upgrading 41 of its turbines with new blades and nacelles (the housing at the top of the tower containing critical electrical components ...

More than 70 wind turbine blades arrived at the Port of Erie on May 1. The blades are being transported to a wind farm in Western New York. The Port of Erie expects more shipments of blades ...

The 350 Powerhouse Road site that collects wind turbine blades for recycling will be on the agenda for Tuesday night's Oak Ridge City Council work session. The April 29 work session is set for 6 p.m.