Wind turbine towers are made up of 80% steel plates. Siemens Gamesa says its new GreenerTower will ensure a CO2 reduction of at least 63% in the tower steel plates compared to conventional steel ...

HOUSTON, Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RNWBL and Durability Engineers (DE) proudly announce their collaboration and award for the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize ...

It noted that the four offshore wind projects seeking revised contracts would provide 12 percent of the power needed to reach the state’s goal of achieving 70 percent renewable electricity.

Wind turbines are built to last. Their tall bodies are topped with long fiberglass blades, some more than half a football field in length, made to withstand the harshest, windiest conditions. But ...

The blades of a wind turbine are typically designed to be replaced about every 20 years. This means that, as wind energy becomes more popular, more and more of these hulking fiberglass structures ...

A team of researchers at Queen's University Belfast stress-test a bridge made from wind turbine blades on May 24, 2023, in in a quarry in Draperstown, Northern Ireland, U.K.