Wind energy is taking off all over again. This time, literally. In China, a multi-institute research and development project has created a series of large-scale floating turbine prototypes. The helium ...

Online misinformation about the longevity of wind turbines has muddied the waters regarding their actual lifespan. The truth ...

A startup has unveiled a floating wind platform designed to host offshore AI data centers powered by wind turbines and battery storage.

In the late 1980s, the Altamont Pass in California became the “Ground Zero” of a PR nightmare for renewable energy. Thousands ...

Vattenfall begins building its first wind and solar hybrid park in Germany, combining four wind turbines with 12,000 solar ...

As data-center developers frantically seek to secure power for their operations, one startup is proposing a novel solution: ...

Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... a 20,000 cubic-meter power-generating airship, floating 6,560 ft (2,000 meters) above the ground. Introducing the S2000 stratospheric airborne ...

(AGL), winds are stronger and much, much more consistent than they are at surface. Even if the Earth were a perfect sphere, there’d be a sluggish boundry layer at ...

A new movie is stirring up debate about how extreme weather may affect wind farms. This summer’s sequel to the 1996 movie “Twister” brings back the familiar thrills of Midwest tornado-chasing with a ...

July 18 (Reuters) - An incident at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project this week that scattered shards of fiberglass across Massachusetts beaches was the latest in a series of failures ...

Carolyne Wilson of Lincoln experienced firsthand wind turbines in west Texas and is against a wind farm that is being proposed 5 miles north of town.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Anti-offshore wind sentiment is based on many factors. High ...