In the late 1980s, the Altamont Pass in California became the “Ground Zero” of a PR nightmare for renewable energy. Thousands ...
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 ...
A Nova Scotia paper mill is spending $450 million to construct North America’s biggest wind turbines, massive structures with technology to withstand Canadian winters. Port Hawkesbury Paper Inc.’s ...
Portland General Electric plans to overhaul its flagship wind farm to address known maintenance problems and safety concerns exposed in an August investigation by The Oregonian/OregonLive. The utility ...
The UK is electrifying faster than it is building the infrastructure to support it. The transition won’t fail because we can’t generate enough power, but because the grid isn’t stable enough to ...
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 ...
Wind turbines, which contributed more than 9% of U.S. electricity in 2021, last roughly 20 to 25 years before they must be replaced, according to the Energy Information Administration. But some social ...
Online misinformation about the longevity of wind turbines has muddied the waters regarding their actual lifespan. The truth ...
Wind energy is a critical part of the global energy transition, and yet there is one fundamental issue that physicists and engineers have been unable to solve. Reliability is a cornerstone of ...