The first modern wind turbines designed for bulk electricity generation came online gradually throughout the 80s and early 90s. By today’s standards these turbines are barely recognizable. They were ...

WILLMAR — After a stellar year in 2022, maintenance issues continue to plague Willmar Municipal Utilities’ two wind turbines in 2023, potentially signaling the end of the local wind power venture.

Maps shared with industry stakeholders that were first reported by Bloomberg News show large portions of areas the Interior Department earmarked for off-shore wind leases last year shaded in red, ...

Wind turbines, once touted by the few wealthy and less populated countries as a clean solution for electricity, are now becoming an eyesore, a hazard, and a significant environmental threat. After ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young student has revamped a century-old math problem and unlocked a simple, yet elegant solution to optimize wind turbine flow ...

The development of a "stealth" turbine blade, based on military technology, may help overcome the problem of wind farms interfering with aviation radar systems, its developers said. The issue of ...

The Trump Interior Department ordered a halt to construction of all five offshore wind projects currently being built in ...

Three electric space heaters were running at our house the whole weekend of Valentine's Day, when it dropped to 19 below zero here in the Twin Cities. And while our furnace is fueled by natural gas, ...

Humanity has been harvesting energy from the wind for centuries. The practice goes back at least to 8th century Persia where the first known historical records of windmills came, but likely extends ...

A new approach to a 100-year-old math problem is reshaping how engineers understand wind turbines. Penn State engineering student Divya Tyagi developed a cleaner and more complete solution to a ...