The wind power generator uses 24 magnets, copper wire fashioned into coils, and a metal plate for the main generator. The coils are arranged in a circular formation on a static plate, while the ...

After some painstaking work, he was able to turn a ceiling fan into a wind turbine (of sorts). While it’s true that some generators and motors can be used interchangeably by reversing the flow ...

Bad luck strikes again. The same wind turbine blade that scattered debris across local beaches last summer was apparently struck by lightning last week. Vineyard Wind’s visual inspection showed ...

The wind spins the blades, which turn a shaft connected to a generator that produces electricity. The biggest wind turbines generate enough electricity in a year (about 12 megawatt-hours ...

A wind turbine off the coast of Nantucket in Massachusetts that broke apart last year has been damaged again by a lightning strike. The company behind the turbine, Vineyard Wind, said the damage ...

Invenergy is developing the 68-turbine South Deuel Wind Energy Center on 29,000 acres in Deuel County in the state’s northeast. When it comes online in Q4 2026, it will be capable of powering ...

So, next time you flick the switch on your bedside light, just think about ... which goes on to turn a generator. The inside of a wind turbine generator. The ring in the middle has a circle ...

A major US wind ... turbine collapses at the end of October, Vestas said that as an “extraordinary precaution” the remaining turbines at the site had been paused while it conducted root cause analysis ...

The same wind turbine that sustained damage in July and scattered large amounts of fiberglass debris onto the shores of some Nantucket beaches may have been struck by lightning Thursday ...