A study by energy industry experts showed that an average wind turbine generator lasts around 25 to 75 years. A spokesperson for the wind farm mentioned in the post said its wind turbine generators ...
The massive offshore wind turbine blade that broke and spread fiberglass and foam debris across Nantucket beaches this week was one of several recent failures of blades made by GE Vernova – a top US ...
Federal agencies press court to keep Vineyard Wind 1 paused, leaving 10 offshore turbines partially built amid safety concern and legal disputes.
NANTUCKET – The federal government has ordered the Vineyard Wind farm to shut down until further notice because of a turbine blade failure this weekend. Several beaches were closed on Tuesday while ...
More pieces of the broken Vineyard Wind GE Vernova turbine blade initially damaged on Saturday night fell into the ocean overnight, followed by "a significant part" of the remaining blade detaching ...
ACK for Whales, a non-partisan grassroots environmental group, argues that the federal agencies rushed the project forward ...
The company that manufactured the blade that broke apart on a Vineyard Wind turbine south of the islands on July 13 plans to inspect every blade it has built to look for flaws. In an earnings call ...
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A lightning strike on the same Vineyard Wind turbine that suffered a catastrophic blade failure last summer has once again thrown the spotlight on the offshore wind farm. According to the U.S. Coast ...
The history of Siemens is the history of electricity. After Werner von Siemens set up shop in a Berlin workshop in 1847, his improved design for the electric telegraph won him the contract to build ...
U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker granted a preliminary injunction Friday to Dominion Energy after finding the Trump ...
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Why do wind turbines have three blades?

Wind turbines were not always built with three blades. Engineers tested designs with one, two, and even many blades. Over ...