The first wind turbine tower manufactured using a spiral welding technique is now in commercial operation. Proponents of the new approach say it could revolutionize onshore wind deployment by offering ...

Keystone Tower Systems and GE Renewable Energy recently unveiled the world's first spiral-welded tower on a 2.8 MW GE turbine, marking a significant turning point in the development of tapered spiral ...

Building towers for wind turbines 10 times faster and up to twice as tall as today’s conventional technology is something for prime-time news. The new technology can help speed up the deployment of ...

AMES, Iowa – Sri Sritharan called up a digital map of the United States and pointed to a dark blue band running through the middle of the country. That’s wind country. The blue band runs east from the ...

You won’t be surprised to read that Iowa is big farm country. If you’ve ever driven through the state, you doubtless noticed the vast expanses of land given over to agriculture. By some estimates, ...

The first commercial spiral-welded wind turbine tower has begun operation – here’s what it is and why it matters. The spiral-welded wind turbine tower was built by GE Renewable Energy and wind turbine ...

Steady, growing demand in the global wind energy market combined with construction incentives in the new Inflation Reduction Act are driving an expansion of the CS Wind facility in Pueblo, Colo., ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. One of the many complaints we hear about wind turbines from ...