A short video from the U.S. Department of Energy illustrates how the 130' long blades of wind turbines generate power. Trying to build a better planet. Read more from this special report. Shaped a ...

Each "sweep," or 360-degree rotation, of the blades encompasses an area of 53,000 square meters, or almost eight soccer fields’ worth. Increasing the amount of electricity a single turbine can ...

All over the world, countries are competing among themselves in the construction of renewable energy sources. In addition to ...

Hearing about how massive wind turbines are built is one thing, but seeing it is another. Last year, I got to visit the Bekevar Wind Farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, months ahead of its completion in ...

Every year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs. Economic decline and population loss were eating away at Rock Port, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Global solar generation grew by a record 31% in the first half of the year. Fossil fuel generation dropped ...

The Trump administration on Friday issued an order to stop work on a nearly complete offshore wind energy project, the latest step in the Trump administration’s crackdown on wind power. In a letter to ...

The Trump administration halted construction on a nearly complete offshore wind project off Rhode Island as the White House continues to attack the battered U.S. offshore wind industry that scientists ...

Last month, the Trump administration abruptly halted construction on a nearly completed $6 billion, 65-turbine wind farm off the coast of New England, known as Revolution Wind. The holdup has put ...

Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington ...