Wind turbine blades: inside the battle to overcome their waste problem
Wind farm owners are keeping old turbines in service to capitalise on high electricity prices.
Nov. 28, 2023 • ~8 min
Offshore windfarms could offer new habitats for lobsters – new research
New research shows European lobsters are using the deposits of rocks and boulders at the base of wind turbines as shelter.
July 11, 2023 • ~6 min
The world needs hundreds of thousands more offshore wind turbines – where will they all go?
The UK needs to use at least 7% of its available ocean space for offshore wind.
July 4, 2023 • ~7 min
How do floating wind turbines work? 5 companies just won the first US leases for building them off California's coast
Some of the most powerful offshore wind is over water too deep for a standard wind turbine. Engineers found a way around the problem.
Dec. 8, 2022 • ~7 min
How do floating wind turbines work? With 5 companies winning the first US leases to build wind farms off California's coast, let's take a look
Some of the most powerful offshore wind is over water too deep for a standard wind turbine. Engineers found a way around the problem.
Dec. 8, 2022 • ~7 min
Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term – using energy that would otherwise go to waste
Wind turbines often can produce more power than is needed for electricity onshore. That extra energy could be put to work capturing and storing carbon.
Jan. 25, 2022 • ~8 min
Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term, saving money – a geophysicist explains how
Wind turbines often can produce more power than is needed. That extra energy could be put to work capturing and storing carbon.
Jan. 25, 2022 • ~8 min
Reindeer: ancient migration routes disrupted by roads, dams – and now wind farms
The Arctic is particularly vulnerable to climate change, but efforts to tackle it risk alienating the people who live there.
Feb. 8, 2021 • ~7 min
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