Wind turbines are complex electromechanical systems that operate under highly variable environmental loads and remote conditions. Failures can occur across blades, gearboxes, bearings, generators and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As investigations continue into last month's collapse of a football field-sized blade on one of Vineyard Wind's turbines, another ...

Wind turbines on Wolfe Island are turning again after a recent blade failure prompted a widespread shutdown, though the exact cause of the incident remains under investigation. TransAlta, the company ...

Encouraging results from recent up-tower testing at a wind farm in Oregon indicate that the conductive-microfiber bearing protection ring is preventing generator bearing damage. Designed by the ...

Accidents involving blades made by GE Vernova have delayed projects off the coasts of Massachusetts and England and could imperil climate goals. Accidents involving blades made by GE Vernova have ...

On July 26, CFACT’s President Craig Rucker sent Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin a letter warning him about the serious risk of blade failure in the giant offshore wind facility being built off ...

Nantucket’s city government has reached a $10.5 million definitive settlement agreement with GE Vernova, the manufacturer of the offshore wind turbine blade that failed in 2024 and littered the ...

Giant wind turbine blades for the Vineyard Winds project are stacked on racks in the harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts in July 2023. The maker of a massive wind turbine blade that broke apart off ...