First-time research reveals the Dutch perception on the circularity of wind turbines and turbine blades. Read the findings of ...

Conventional wind turbine blades were designed with an operational speed of 33 feet per second ... For instance, it can still harness wind at an average speed, such as 8 mph or so, seen in cities like ...

While most of a wind turbine can be reused, its enormous fiberglass blades are difficult to dispose of when they reach the end of a 20-25 year life span. This has led to vast graveyards of these ...

The blades are only part of this story, though. [Jan] goes on to build a complete full-scale wind turbine that can generate nearly a kilowatt of power at peak production, although it does not ...

A second Siemens Gamesa 5.X blade in a matter of months has broken off a turbine at a Swedish onshore wind farm, resulting in 51 further turbines being shut down at the site. The blade on the SG ...