In fact, 30% of the annual erosion damage to offshore wind turbine blades occurs within just 12 hours of the year. This happens during specific moments when strong winds and intense rainfall coincide.

Wind turbines in the North Sea face extreme weather conditions that cause erosion to the turbine blades. The PROWESS research, led by TNO, shows that a substantial part of the damage to offshore wind ...

Recycling massive wind turbine blades can be difficult because they're built from sturdy materials to weather the elements ...

Hundreds of wind turbines are already operating in Estonia and the oldest has been running for several decades. But what ...

Tiltable, liftable one-piece composite rotor design aims to withstand storm-force winds, boost energy yield and enable more ...

Researchers developed a process to recycle glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), a common material in wind turbine blades.

The wind energy industry continues to suffer a plague of embarrassing headlines after two more turbines were damaged in recent days, with the hub and blades falling off a turbine in Canada and a ...

A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed Washington State University researchers to ...

A Vestas wind turbine has suffered damage to two blades at a wind farm in Norway, the second such incident in a matter of months, forcing the site offline. Two blades on a Vestas V117-4.2MW machine ...

The P.E.I. government's wind farm in Hermanville ... late May or mid-June. While blades on such turbines are usually supposed to withstand storms, Arsenault says damage is not uncommon. " ...

We4Ce, a Dutch rotor blade designer, has designed 10 rotor blade sets for Dutch wind turbine startup TouchWind for testing on ...