wind turbines

Startup Turns Old Wind Turbine Blades Into Furniture

Startup Turns Old Wind Turbine Blades Into Furniture

Canvus, a startup company based in Avon, Ohio, is reusing blades from old wind turbines to make furniture. Wind turbines have a lifespan of about 30 years, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, although blades frequently need to be replaced sooner than that. After a turbine is decommissioned, the blades are often sent for […]

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    World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine Can Power 16,000 Homes

    World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine Can Power 16,000 Homes

    The world’s largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine will test its wings at an innovative facility in northeast England. The 12-megawatt Haliade-X, developed by GE Renewable Energy, stands 853 feet tall, or about three times the height of the Flat Iron building in New York City. Its massive rotor diameter of 722 feet is […]

    World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Installed in Full View of Trump’s Scottish Golf Course

    World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Installed in Full View of Trump’s Scottish Golf Course

    The world’s most powerful wind turbine was successfully installed Monday off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland. This is just the first of 11 turbines that will stand at Vattenfall’s future European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), Scotland’s largest offshore wind test and demonstration facility. Incidentally, the project was at the center of a contentious legal […]

    Wind Generates 100% of Scotland’s Electricity Needs for Entire Day

    Wind Generates 100% of Scotland’s Electricity Needs for Entire Day

    Wind energy had a banner day in Scotland. Thanks to an unseasonably windy Sunday, wind turbines generated more electricity than the country actually needed. Gale-force winds helped provide a record 106% of Scotland’s electricity needs on Aug. 7. Flickr After analyzing data from WeatherEnergy, the environmental group WWF Scotland announced that wind turbines generated more […]

    Wind Energy Threat to Birds Is Overblown

    Wind Energy Threat to Birds Is Overblown

    Wind energy is one of the cleanest, most abundant, sustainable and cost-effective ways to generate electricity. It’s also one of the fastest growing U.S. electricity sources. At the end of 2013, there were enough wind turbines across the country to power 15.5 million typical American homes and cut annual power sector carbon emissions by 4.4 […]