The government is introducing a "lifecycle management system" for the first time for aging wind power generators that have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The recent spate of offshore wind turbine blade failures should be a wake-up call for both the industry and our policymakers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As investigations continue into last month's collapse of a football field-sized blade on one of Vineyard Wind's turbines, another ...

Extending the lifetime of wind turbines has traditionally focused on gearboxes, blades and structural components. But ageing ...

WHAT’S BLAMED FOR THE FAILURE. MATT. WELL, ANTOINETTE VINEYARD WIND BELIEVES A MANUFACTURING MISSTEP RESULTED IN THIS WIND TURBINE BLADE FAILING. NEW IMAGES THIS MORNING SHOW THAT DAMAGED BLADE ABOUT ...

On July 26, CFACT’s President Craig Rucker sent Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin a letter warning him about the serious risk of blade failure in the giant offshore wind facility being built off ...

Encouraging results from recent up-tower testing at a wind farm in Oregon indicate that the conductive-microfiber bearing protection ring is preventing generator bearing damage. Designed by the ...

Wind turbines are complex electromechanical systems that operate under highly variable environmental loads and remote conditions. Failures can occur across blades, gearboxes, bearings, generators and ...

Accidents involving blades made by GE Vernova have delayed projects off the coasts of Massachusetts and England and could imperil climate goals. Accidents involving blades made by GE Vernova have ...

A GE Haliade-X Turbine Stands in the Vineyard Wind 1 Project Area 15 Miles South of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Photo (Credit: Worldview Films) Following a probe into the Vineyard Wind 1 blade ...

Martin Kits van Heyningen is a founding member of The Energy Council of Rhode Island and a resident of Newport. The recent spate of offshore wind turbine blade failures should be a wake-up call for ...