Modern-day wind turbines are constructed using mostly concrete and steel, topped by the fiberglass composite blades mounted to the nacelle that houses the gearbox and generator, along with much of the ...

Modvion is currently only making turbine towers from wood, but conventional blades also pose an environmental problem. They are manufactured from fiberglass bound together with epoxy resin, an ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham are working on new ways of preventing threats to power grid stability, which result in the loss of power to millions of people, equipment damage and limit ...

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 ...

As Pentagon officials delay approval of wind farms, scientific studies show that they can distort radar systems, but the problem is manageable, researchers say. By Eric Niiler Wind turbines create two ...