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GE Experiments With Cloth-Covered Wind Turbine Blades

wind turbines, wind turbine blades, architectural fabric

With this new approach to making wind blades, components could be built and assembled on site, reducing costs while speeding deployment. Read more →

by Beth Buczynski

GE’s 20,000th Wind Turbine Tells A Tale Of The Wind Industry

Greentech Media reports on how GE recently installed its 20,000th wind turbine, but notes also that more than 70 percent of its deals so far this year have been overseas. Read more →

by Greentech Media

Vestas Boosts Giant Wind Turbine To 8 MW

Vestas says its V164 offshore turbine is on track for 2014 testing, and that technological advances will make the behemoth an 8 megawatt offshore power producer. Read more →

by Pete Danko

As Turbines Rise, Wind Researchers Reach Higher

A 200-meter weather mast in Germany is being used to gain a better understanding of wind behavior at the heights where today's tall turbines spin. Read more →

by Pete Danko

Saphonian Blade-less Wind Turbines Save Birds And Energy

Green Prophet reports on a company out of Tunisia that's designed blade-less wind turbines that mimic the shape and function of sails. Read more →

by Green Prophet

Why ‘Breakthrough’ Wind Turbines Are Usually Bunk

A bird-friendly, quiet wind turbine concept by a WW II vet is looking for investors, but some wind experts say many similar designs have come and gone. Read more →

by Pete Danko

Chill, Rhode Island; Those Wind Turbines Will Spin Soon

Narragansett Bay Commission wind turbines

Three giant turbines went up in Providence before the rest of the infrastructure work was done, and people are itchy to see the windmills spin. Read more →

by Pete Danko

Michigan Tower Maker Struggles As Wind Wanes

ventower wind tower, production tax credit

Ventower was a hero when it opened a wind-power tower plant on a Michigan brownfield, but orders are drying up as the industry pulls back. Read more →

by Pete Danko