The same Vineyard Wind turbine whose blade malfunctioned last ... turbine in question broke apart due to a manufacturing defect in the blade’s fiberglass structure. The new Haliade-X blades ...

The yellow mark in the picture shows porosity cloud on a spar cap, the primary loading-carrying structure of a wind turbine blade. Due to a lack of understanding of the effects of such defects on the ...

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 ...

Windrunner, the world’s largest plane that is currently being built in Colorado, is being eyed by the United States military ...

According to Future Market Insights (FMI), the Wind Power Coatings Market is expected to witness robust growth between 2025 ...

Drones, AI and other tech changing wind energy at a dizzying pace but workers must be given time to adapt, says PEAK Wind ...

A wind turbine blade can make for an easy-to-build bike ... that a blade may have incurred in service. Cracks or other defects may have built up over time and one used blade may not be as tough ...

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?

Until recently, wind turbine blades were nearly impossible to recycle. Now, one company is shredding the blades so they can be used as fuel in cement making. But is this the best way to deal with ...

Above: A robot designed improve safety and efficiency of wind turbine blade repair. Top Image: Team members from left to right: Peter Booras, Sam Brown, Jake Geraci, Daniel Llorca, Zhenhua Lu, Patrick ...

Emergency inspections are reportedly being carried out on Enercon wind turbines in Japan, as authorities probe whether a blade flung from one of its machines killed a passerby found unresponsive with ...

NREL researchers, funded by the US DoD, leverage 3D printing and thermoplastics to produce wind turbine blades.