Swedish startup Modvion is going to supply power giant RWE Renewables with wooden wind turbine towers for future onshore wind farms. RWE Renewables Sweden has signed a letter of intent to “verify” ...

Swedish startup Modvion is building the world’s tallest wooden wind turbine tower for an energy company in Sweden. The 105-meter (344-feet) wind turbine tower (including the blades) will be Modvion’s ...

Modern-day wind turbines are constructed using mostly concrete and steel, topped by the fiberglass composite blades mounted to the nacelle that houses the gearbox and generator, along with much of the ...

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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., ...

Wood might seem like a construction material from a bygone era, but Swedish start-up Modvion is putting it to a very modern use. The Gothenburg-based company is using engineered wood to build wind ...

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 ...

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 ...

Denver's Keystone Tower Systems says it can cut the cost of wind energy with tech borrowed from pipemaking. It uses spiral welding techniques to roll sheet steel into huge turbine towers on-site, ...