University of Leicester paleontologists publish new book on technofossils - Offers a glimpse of how today’s technology will ...

After 5 years of research, the team led by Tang Zhicheng has unveiled a solution that not only addresses the challenge of ...

However, while the electricity it generates has a small carbon footprint, the towers of conventional wind turbines are predominately made using carbon-intensive materials like steel. Swedish ...

Leading European timber technology companies have made headlines this week with plans for new wooden wind turbine towers that will be capable of supporting turbines from 4.2MW to 6.4MW. Swedish ...

New materials and designs can make a leading source of renewable energy both greener and cheaper. At first glance, the wind-turbine tower that rises from the green landscape in the Swedish ...

Sweden’s Modvion AB has set its sights even higher for its next generation of wind-turbine towers as the industry’s preference for bigger structures shows no sign of slowing down.

New hybrid steel tower variants cover expected volume and make high hub heights available worldwide ...

Farmers once used windmills to grind their grains and pump water. Today, more and more wind turbines wring electricity from the breeze. Over the past decade, wind turbine use has increased more ...

As it turns out, though, it may actually be possible to set up a wind-turbine tower factory on the job site. General Electric, in cooperation with building materials company LafargeHolcim and ...

A Nordex wind turbine has collapsed at a wind farm in northern Oklahoma with no discernible explanation for what caused the tower to buckle ... and that “only material damage occurred as ...