A short video from the U.S. Department of Energy illustrates how the 130' long blades of wind turbines generate power. Trying to build a better planet. Read more from this special report. Shaped a ...

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Using the entire turbine as a big power bank makes sense for odd top-ups on the move, but in a base camp setting, it's better to charge separate power banks and use those, keeping the reserve in the ...

ORONO, Maine -- As waves grew and gusts increased, a wind turbine bobbed gently, its blades spinning with a gentle whoosh. The tempest reached a crescendo with little drama other than splashing water.

Online commenters took the opportunity to give the internet a lesson about how wind turbines really work after one poster made false claims suggesting that they weren't designed to produce electricity ...

QUINBY, Va.—There’s the whimbrel. It’s a large brown and tan shorebird with long legs and a curved beak it uses to dig into the sand and mud for food. And there are wind turbines—176 of them to be ...

From floating mega-turbines to AI-powered micro wind systems, these breakthroughs redefined what wind energy can achieve.

On a recent winter day on a wind farm in Germany, workers scaled 544-foot-tall wind turbines and started adding fringe-like attachments to the massive blades. The design, inspired by the shape of owl ...

Much of the attention around what towering offshore wind turbines could mean for Jersey Shore animals has focused on whales and certain fish species. Birds, some believe, have gotten short shrift. As ...

The Trump administration has ordered a halt to all work on five offshore wind farms along the Atlantic coast. Interior ...