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Decommissioned wind turbine transformed into eco-friendly tiny home, a design scalable to '2,000 houses a year'
Since 2000, wind energy has increased drastically across the globe. In the United States alone, wind electricity generation has risen from 6 billion kilowatt-hours in 2000 to about 430 billion in ...
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26MW: China builds typhoon-proof monster wind turbine to power 55,000 homes yearly
A Chinese firm has launched a new 26MW offshore wind turbine model ... has unveiled images of its massive turbine nacelle—the enclosure at the top of the turbine that contains the generating ...
Boston.com3mon
Looks like the wind turbine that spread debris last summer just got struck by lightning
Bad luck strikes again. The same wind turbine blade that scattered debris across local beaches last summer was apparently struck by lightning last week. Vineyard Wind’s visual inspection showed ...
Reuters10mon
Vineyard Wind incident was not first time a GE Vernova wind turbine came apart
July 18 (Reuters) - An incident at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project this week that scattered shards of fiberglass across Massachusetts beaches was the latest in a series of failures ...
Fast Company6mon
AI designed this ultra-efficient wind turbine that can generate energy between buildings
A new artificial intelligence system has designed a wind turbine for the first time in history, according to its developer. The British company EvoPhase claims that its AI has thrown all the ...
southcoasttoday7mon
Turbine blades spotted off New Bedford were from Vineyard Wind. Here's why that's crucial.
NEW BEDFORD — As companies involved with the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm execute an updated Incident and Response Action Plan after the partial collapse of a damaged turbine blade back in ...
Boston.com10mon
Nantucket beaches reopen, Vineyard Wind pauses operations after damaged turbine sends debris ashore
Nantucket’s south-facing beaches reopened to swimming Wednesday after debris from a damaged wind turbine coming ashore forced some of the island’s beaches to close the day before. A federal ...
The New York Times9mon
Turbine Blades Have Piled Up in Landfills. A Solution May Be Coming.
Wind power has a waste problem that has been difficult to solve. Turbine blades made from a new plant-based material could make them recyclable. By Minho Kim The blades on the newest wind turbines ...
The Providence Journal9mon
The first turbine is up for this huge offshore wind project off RI's coast
PROVIDENCE – Revolution Wind has reached another milestone with the installation of the first of its 65 offshore wind turbines in the ocean waters off Rhode Island. Developers Ørsted and ...
CBC.ca10mon
Experts say Quebec wind turbine project threatens caribou habitat
"The issue with wind turbines is that it's a permanent disturbance ... The herd had only 16 caribou when they were captured and put in an enclosure by provincial wildlife officials in 2022 ...
The New York Times1mon
Europe’s Wind Industry Faces Uncertainty Over Trump’s Policies
a leading wind turbine maker, which has its headquarters in Aarhus in Jutland. If Empire Wind is permanently shut down, Vestas will lose a manufacturing order likely worth around $1 billion for 54 ...