Wind power has always been a trade off between clean energy and the visual, acoustic, and ecological cost of giant spinning blades. A new generation of radical designs promises something different, ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Two companies are partnering to tackle one of the wind energy ...

A Chinese green technology and wind power giant has made a significant breakthrough after revealing that its innovative two-blade onshore smart turbine prototype has completed over 500 days of stable ...

Researchers in Korea have developed a new design platform — and a staggering 12-megawatt-class blade to match — in an effort to put wind beneath the sails of its domestic production of wind power. The ...

When a wind turbine reaches the end of its life after two or three decades, the giant blades attached to it usually end up in a landfill. That’s largely because of the materials that are used. “[The ...

In 2006, a team of architects were tasked with building a playground with volumes that kids could crawl into and play. Jos de Krieger—then an intern, now a partner at the Rotterdam-based architecture ...

Wind turbine maker Vestas today announced that it’s figured out how to recycle all wind turbine blades – even ones already sitting in landfills. The Danish company says it has discovered a solution ...

A turbine with one blade painted black at a wind farm near Glenrock, Wyoming. Courtesy of Jona Whitesides, Pacificorp This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories ...

One day soon, you may be waiting for a bus underneath something that in a previous life has been sailing high above the ocean waves. Thanks to the work of a new joint project between researchers in ...