“We know that in the next 10 to 15 years, countries like Australia will have a large volume of decommissioned wind turbine blades, so we’re acting now to explore new ways to recycle and reuse ...

The Wind Energy Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) set out to increase localization rates ...

This specific record-breaking turbine consists of a rotor 728 feet in diameter, with 354 foot blades. The Statue of Liberty is only 151 feet tall, and stands on a 154 foot pedestal, making the ...

Wind turbine manufacturers have known about the end-of-life problem for years, but because a turbine might last 35 years, they waited to address it. Now it’s becoming more urgent.

About the size of a 1-liter water bottle, Shine weighs 3 pounds, can be set up in under 2 minutes, and will provide power at wind speeds from 8 to 28 miles per hour. It looks a lot like a mini airship ...

Why size matters here When it comes to wind turbines, bigger often means better. The larger the blades, the more wind they can catch, which means more power for us. But there's a hitch.

Let me give you a little perspective as to the size of these towers. Your house is probably two stories high. Watterson Towers is 28 stories high. The proposed wind turbines are 40 stories high!

In a cavernous testing facility on England’s windswept northeast coast, engineers are thrashing a 50-ton, multimillion-dollar wind turbine blade around like a giant sword—on purpose. The blade ...

If decommissioned wind turbine blades continue to be thrown out, 2.2 million tons could end up in U.S. landfills by 2050, according to a study led by Aubryn Cooperman, a mechanical engineering ...

A startup company called Canvus is supersizing upcycling by turning retired wind turbine blades into park benches, planters, and picnic tables. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the ...

In Portugal, wind turbine technicians get paid nearly double the average salary. It is a highly specialized position, and technicians must hang from turbines the size of 35-story skyscrapers to ...