A preliminary analysis of the Vineyard Wind turbine that failed has found that, although the fundamental design of the machine’s 351-foot blades is sound, a manufacturing flaw caused one of them to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The recent spate of offshore wind turbine blade failures should be a wake-up call for both the industry and our policymakers.

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 ...

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 ...

The reliability of GE Vernova’s offshore wind turbines is being called in question yet again after another blade failure was announced thousands of miles away from Nantucket, in Dogger Bank, U.K. last ...

GE Vernova on Friday said recent turbine blade failures at two offshore wind farms in the United States and the United Kingdom are unrelated. The statement comes as the company has been grappling with ...

Approximately one year after a wind turbine failed off the coast of Nantucket, resulting in debris washing ashore during the height of the summer tourist season, a settlement will create a fund to ...

A GE Haliade-X Turbine Stands in the Vineyard Wind 1 Project Area 15 Miles South of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Photo (Credit: Worldview Films) Following a probe into the Vineyard Wind 1 blade ...

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 ...

Wind turbines have become the most visible symbol of the global green energy push. They dominate coastlines, tower over farmland, and feature prominently in every government's climate pledge. Yet ...

Martin Kits van Heyningen is a founding member of The Energy Council of Rhode Island and a resident of Newport. The recent spate of offshore wind turbine blade failures should be a wake-up call for ...

Offshore turbine with a broken blade at Vineyard Wind 1, about 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard, earlier this week. Pieces of fiberglass and foam have washed up on Nantucket, Tuckernuck and ...