Unheard noise, real concerns: Wind turbines under scrutiny
A conference titled Unheard but Not Harmless: Public Health and Wind Energy Infrasound took place today at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Fernand Kartheiser.
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A conference titled Unheard but Not Harmless: Public Health and Wind Energy Infrasound took place today at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Fernand Kartheiser.
A landmark study published in Cell Reports Sustainability has cast serious doubt on the ambitious targets set for offshore wind energy.
White asbestos has been detected in brake pads used in Chinese-manufactured turbines, sparking a safety scandal that has engulfed Australia's burgeoning wind energy…
Danish company Ørsted has taken legal action against the US Government, demanding to be allowed to finish a $1.5 billion (€1.28 billion) wind farm in the Atlantic.
The answer lies in the word: mill, from the Latin word, molinun, grind. Its essence is friction, energy and violence, as in the word maelstrom.
Poland’s new President, Karol Nawrocki, has decided to veto legislation backed by the government that would have loosened the restrictions on the construction…
A major German auction for wind power installation in the North Sea has closed without a single company entering a bid.
Completely dismantling wind turbines is significantly more expensive than many assume, according to a new Finnish study that cast doubt on the industry’s assumptions…
Onshore wind farms have had a detrimental effect on the property value of Swedish real estate, a study found.
New wind farms planned for construction off the Belgian coast by 2030 could reduce the electricity output of existing wind farms to the east by up to 15 per cent.
A group of activists demanding a stop to the construction of new wind farms and large solar plants in Europe have rallied in front of the European Parliament in…
Ørsted, the world's biggest offshore wind-farm developer, has decided to drop a major offshore project in the UK, saying it lacked economic sense.
A court in the French city of Montpellier has ordered the shutdown of a wind farm for one year following the death of a rare bird.
Swedish Armed Forces chiefs have said they were concerned about plans for huge wind farms off the country's coast.
Siemens Energy could cut up more than 4,000 jobs across Europe as falling demand and other economic problems take their toll on the wind industry.
Two broken wind turbines in Schünow (Brandenburg), Germany, that have been standing idle for several years, are to be listed as protected structures.
Two Swedish economists have issued a warning that the country’s wind-power industry is on the brink of a wave of bankruptcies.
Cost pressures mean Chinese companies will likely encroach further into the European wind sector at the expense of EU firms
A French court has ruled that a controversial seven-turbine wind farm has to be demolished.
A large area of Reinhardswald, an ancient German forest featured in the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, is being partially cut down in favour of 241-metre tall…
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group held a conference titled Wind energy - at what cost?
Seventeen European Union Member States are not putting enough wind farms in place to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, nature conservation organisation World…
A perfect storm of supply chain delays, design flaws and higher costs in the offshore wind industry has put dozens of projects at risk of not being delivered in…
Europe will have to decide whether it wants to reduce electricity prices or protect its wind turbine manufacturers from low-cost Chinese competitors, said the boss…
The installation of new offshore wind farms is becoming increasingly difficult, with high costs and low returns scaring off investors and causing major problems…
A forthcoming documentary about the construction of wind farms in the North Atlantic claims that such projects are putting a species of whale under threat of "imminent…
The Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon, from the Scottish National Party (SNP), has admitted that almost 16 million trees have been felled since the…