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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 ...

Wind energy is one of the fastest growing and cheapest forms of electricity in the United States. The president-elect calls it “garbage.” By Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington ...

Three years ago, a massive spinning blade flew off a towering turbine at Portland General Electric’s flagship wind farm in Sherman County, bringing scrutiny to the many maintenance problems, safety ...

After retirement, wind turbine components are typically recycled or placed in a landfill. The materials making up turbine blades are more difficult to recycle, posing a problem for sustainable ...

Wind turbines usually jut up from the ground like giant pinwheels. Now a company in China is exploring a new form factor: flying wind turbines. These zeppelin-like aircraft float high in the sky, ...

Tully, NY - An out-of-state company wants to build Onondaga County’s first wind farm, putting about two dozen turbines taller than the Washington Monument across the hills of Tully, Lafayette and ...

Not long ago, the U.S. was seen as a promising market for offshore wind. Now industry executives aren’t making any assumptions. By Stanley Reed Reporting from London In the sprawling flatlands of ...