Wind turbines are getting bigger every year, but there are real limits. In this video, we explore how tall and powerful they ...

It is the year 2035. In a world facing climate catastrophe, the human enterprise is powered by fields of wind farms, with turbine blades made from fast-growing grasses and the roots of a ...

The United States is expected to add more than 7 GW of wind installations in 2025, a 36% increase over the previous year, and ...

A student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has his sights set on improving the efficiency of wind turbines. Jie Cheng, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, has developed a system that ...

The share of wind power in total electric power generation is expected to increase, and with that comes a requirement for this carbon-free source to be more reliable. The most important component of a ...

The 10th annual Collegiate Wind Competition was held in Boulder May 17-19. In the final event of the competition, 13 teams tested their prototype wind turbines and presented their work to panels of ...

Giant offshore wind turbine monopiles arriving from Europe last month at the Portsmouth, Va., marine terminal for construction starting next year of Dominion Energy's 2.6-GW project 27 miles off ...

Floating offshore wind, which could make up two-thirds of US potential wind energy, is set for more investment to address technology and transmission gaps, federal officials said. Image: US Energy ...

Bigger turbines make more electricity. But companies pushing to make larger turbines could undermine efforts to build a stable domestic supply chain for the emerging industry. Even though offshore ...

On a recent winter day on a wind farm in Germany, workers scaled 544-foot-tall wind turbines and started adding fringe-like attachments to the massive blades. The design, inspired by the shape of owl ...

Wind turbines have become a favorite target for viral posts that travel faster than any weather front, often claiming the ...