Wind turbines generate electricity without using fossil fuels or producing particulate matter pollution, but they do create waste: Though they can last as long as 25 years, turbine blades cannot be ...

Wind turbines are a fantastic, cheap, renewable source of energy. However, nothing lasts forever, and over time, the blades of wind turbines fatigue and must be replaced. This then raises the question ...

For all their virtues, wind turbines have one major flaw: they’re notoriously difficult to recycle. Wind blades are designed to last about 20 or 25 years. After that, there are currently two viable ...

MURRAY COUNTY – When a 2003-vintage wind farm in southwestern Minnesota became obsolete, its owner Allete Clean Energy tore it down and built anew. The new Northern Wind project came online last month ...

Wind power has a waste problem that has been difficult to solve. Turbine blades made from a new plant-based material could make them recyclable. By Minho Kim The blades on the newest wind turbines ...

Chunks of debris from an offshore wind turbine blade that fell into the water off the coast of Massachusetts more than three weeks ago may now be starting to wash up on shores from Little Compton to ...

One month since an incident that sent part of a turbine blade plunging into the Atlantic Ocean and littered debris across area beaches, Vineyard Wind said Tuesday that it has cut away much of what ...

The pieces of a broken Vineyard Wind turbine blade that are washing up on Nantucket beaches are not toxic to the surrounding area, according to an initial environmental assessment from Boston-based GE ...