Modern-day wind turbines are constructed using mostly concrete and steel, topped by the fiberglass composite blades mounted to the nacelle that houses the gearbox and generator, along with much of the ...

OKLAHOMA CITYOKLAHOMA CITY — A wind farm in southwest Iowa suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado that crumpled five of the massive, power-producing towers, including one that burst into flames ...

You won’t be surprised to read that Iowa is big farm country. If you’ve ever driven through the state, you doubtless noticed the vast expanses of land given over to agriculture. By some estimates, ...

Wind power has always been a trade off between clean energy and the visual, acoustic, and ecological cost of giant spinning blades. A new generation of radical designs promises something different, ...

Maybe you’ve heard of a solar updraft tower, a tall, hollow cylindrical tower where sunlight heats the air at the base of the tower and creates a chimney effect, causing air to rapidly shoot upward ...

BELEN — Eight months ago, President Joe Biden toured an empty warehouse with hopes for its place in the nation’s clean energy transition. On Friday, federal leadership celebrated the first towers ...

Swedish startup Modvion has built the world’s tallest wooden wind turbine tower, and it’s now sending power to 400 homes in Sweden. The 2-megawatt (MW) wooden wind turbine, sited outside Skara, ...

Transmission towers form a vital backbone of electrical grids worldwide, yet their slender lattice structures render them vulnerable to dynamic wind actions. Dynamic analysis seeks to characterise the ...