Modern-day wind turbines are constructed using mostly concrete and steel, topped by the fiberglass composite blades mounted to the nacelle that houses the gearbox and generator, along with much of the ...

Modvion is currently only making turbine towers from wood, but conventional blades also pose an environmental problem. They are manufactured from fiberglass bound together with epoxy resin, an ...

A new self-building wind turbine could completely revolutionize the wind energy industry. The WindSpider crane, which was developed by WindSpider, is a new and scaleable method that allows wind ...

The phrase wind power likely conjures images of massive spinning blades. But some companies now make micro wind turbines—tiny devices that can be installed in homes, businesses, and public parks. “We ...

China produces more energy through wind than the rest of the world, holding more than 50% of the world's total capacity, and ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham are working on new ways of preventing threats to power grid stability, which result in the loss of power to millions of people, equipment damage and limit ...

On a recent winter day on a wind farm in Germany, workers scaled 544-foot-tall wind turbines and started adding fringe-like attachments to the massive blades. The design, inspired by the shape of owl ...

Three Gorges Pilot, a 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine, marks a major step for deep-water renewable energy and the ...