Two companies are partnering to tackle one of the wind energy industry’s most persistent challenges—and they may set a world record in the process. On Monday, the equipment manufacturer ...

The world's longest wooden wind turbine blades built so far are due to begin trial deployments next year. Senvion has linked with Germany’s Voodin Blade Technology to trial the latter's blades on the ...

Lightning is a fact of life for wind farm owners, and one that is increasingly frequent as towers get taller and materials needed to make them change, says turbine blade expert Rosie Barnes. “Each ...

Seriti Green`s Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Energy Facility in Bethal, Mpumalanga has taken a major step forward with the ...

Wind turbines offset their environmental footprint within six months, making them a cleaner energy source than fossil fuels ...

The Ummbila Emoyeni 900MW hybrid renewable energy facility is set to become the largest of its kind in South Africa.

Turbine blades must meet strict mechanical properties such as high rigidity and resistance to torsion and fatigue. In addition to these mechanical properties, the finished product must offer excellent ...

A Nordex wind turbine blade has broken at a 923MW Acciona wind farm that the Spanish developer is building in Australia. The incident occurred late last month at the MacIntyre wind farm in the state ...

We may think that the wind turbines we see blowing in the wind up and down the country will last forever, but that's not the case at all. These blades do need to be replaced and some 11,000 tons ...

Investigations are underway at the 923 megawatt (MW) MacIntyre wind farm in south-western Queensland, following a turbine blade break at the huge project in late December. The incident at what is ...