A wind turbine with a broken blade at Vineyard Wind 1, a wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, photographed Sept. 10, 2024. RANDI BAIRD FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, FILE. By Beth Treffeisen.

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No one was injured and no debris have been found in the water, according to Vineyard Wind, the company constructing the 62-turbine project near Martha’s Vineyard.

A wind turbine at a northern Colorado wind farm folded in half and caught fire Thursday morning, startling neighbors who heard banging noises prior to the collapse. The incident was reported at 8 a.m.

A wind turbine breaking is “highly unusual and rare,” Roger Martella, head of government affairs at GE Vernova, said Wednesday. Martella couldn’t provide officials with the precise number ...

The claim: Wind turbine generators typically only last three to four years. Wind turbines, which contributed more than 9% of U.S. electricity in 2021, last roughly 20 to 25 years before they must ...

Lightning strike damages already broken wind turbine off coast of Nantucket 00:27. A wind turbine off the coast of Nantucket in Massachusetts that broke apart last year has been damaged again by a ...

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With a turbine that large, one would hope it'll hold up against extreme weather. Mingyang said it's built this one to withstand level-17 typhoons at wind speeds of up to 79.8 m/s (178.5 mph).

History of Wind Turbines . The first wind turbine used to generate electricity dates from 1887—merely five years after Thomas Edison developed the first electric power station running on coal.