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Germany Completes World's Tallest 365-Meter Wind Turbine
Environment
— Sep 28, 2026
Germany has completed the world’s tallest wind turbine, a 365-meter structure in the former coal-mining region of Brandenburg designed to tap stronger, steadier high-altitude winds and potentially generate about twice as much electricity as conventional turbines. The project is expected to connect to the grid in November and is part of the region’s shift toward renewable energy.
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Nordex Secures 175 MW Wind Orders Across Europe
Business
— Sep 29, 2026
Nordex secured 175 MW in orders across France, Portugal and Spain for 34 wind turbines, with multi-year service agreements and projects scheduled for installation and commissioning in 2027–2028. Separately, it won a 56 MW Austrian repowering project from WEB Windenergie, its first deployment of N175/6.X turbines in the country, expected to be commissioned in 2028.
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AI power Boom
Finance
— Sep 19, 2026
Boom Supersonic is turning its Symphony engine core into 42 MW Superpower natural-gas turbines for AI data centers, locking in over $1.25B in orders to help fund its airliner.
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Gevo Commissions Upgrades, Expects 10%-15% Output Increase
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— Sep 14, 2026
Gevo reports continued progress on its North Dakota debottlenecking program at the Gevo North Dakota facility in Richardton, with a beer degassing system commissioned ahead of schedule to boost CO2 capture and enable a 10-15% increase in output—following the previously completed steam turbine project. The upgrades include a third liquefaction tank and a fifth fermenter to lift production toward a targeted 75 million gallons per year, with all assets expected to be online by the end of 2026 as part of a plan to nearly double GND output and returns.
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Reaching 75 million gallons by late 2026 with the extra fermenter and tank will be a real test for their expansion plans.
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Climate Lawsuits Fail Constitutional And Scientific Review
Angela Wheeler · 5 min · 1h
TX Wind Turbine Struck by Lighting, Turns Into Spinning Wheel of Fire as It Disintegrates
Reporting
— Jul 23, 2022
No, this isn’t a Johnny Cash song . A wind turbine burned in a ring of fiery smoke after being struck by lightning Friday in Crowell, Texas. Video of the aftermath of the lightning strike shows the turbine still…
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Most Influential Women in World History
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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High Winds Cause Wind Turbine, Meant to Spin in Wind, to Spin Out of Control and Fall Down
Opinion
— Dec 22, 2022
Just like socialism, the idea of renewable energy generated by wind turbines supplanting fossil fuels sounds good in theory, but in practice it’s a very different story. In the latest snafu, a wind turbine in Northport…
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‘Green Energy’ Firm Sued For Turning State Into Wind Turbine Waste Dumping Ground
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— Feb 9, 2026
Texas filed a lawsuit against a wind turbine recycling company, alleging it illegally dumped thousands of turbine blades and parts across the state. Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that the…
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Trump Admin Probing Imported Wind Turbines Over National Security Concerns
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— Aug 21, 2025
The Trump administration announced Thursday that it has launched a probe into wind turbine imports as well as their parts and components, citing national security concerns with. The U.S. Department of Commerce published…
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Offshore Wind Turbine That Dumped Debris Into Atlantic Damaged Again By Lightning Strike
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— Mar 3, 2025
The same Vineyard Wind offshore wind turbine that malfunctioned and polluted the ocean in July 2024 was again damaged by a Feb. 27 lightning strike, according to multiple reports. The developer of the offshore wind farm…
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Climate Lawsuits Fail Constitutional And Scientific Review
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether municipalities can set national energy policy by forcing oil and gas companies to pay for weather damages purportedly precipitated by carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from combustion of their products.
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Windmill Turbine Blade Causes Traffic Jam on Interstate When It Breaks Loose
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— Jul 2, 2025
Traffic was backed up for miles Monday when a windmill turbine blade broke loose and crossed the median on a Maryland interstate. The incident happened just after 5 a.m. on Interstate 70 near Interstate 81, according to…
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Video: Massive Wind Turbine Collapses and Burns After Strong Storm Moves Through Oklahoma
Reporting
— Aug 11, 2022
Harnessing the wind can sometimes be pretty rough on the harness, as an Oklahoma wind farm learned this week. On Tuesday, a wind turbine in Custer County was bent double and set ablaze after a storm passed through the…
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Quentin Tarantino vs Martin Scorsese
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The video store savant versus the film-school don — two visions of American violence, guilt, and cool.
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Wind Farm Faces Shutdown as Parts Start Flying Off Turbines – Because It's Too Windy
Reporting
— Sep 27, 2022
Too much of a good thing is causing havoc at a Norwegian wind farm. Over the past two years, at least seven objects have fallen from the wind turbines at the Ånstadblåheia wind farm near Sortland with strong winds being…
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Wind Waste Plagues Countries That Shelled Out For ‘Green Energy’
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— Sep 22, 2025
Across Europe, countries that once went all in on wind power are now grappling with impending piles of discarded turbine parts and scrambling to find ways to recycle them, The Guardian reports. One Scottish town is…
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Woman Finds Mutilated Eagle Under Wind Turbine: Blades Severed Wing of Doomed Bird
Opinion
— Sep 18, 2022
One of the reasons America banned the pesticide DDT is because scientists believed the chemical was endangering the bald eagle by thinning its eggs to the point where they couldn’t incubate. Whether or not this was the…
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EXCLUSIVE: Viral Meme Mocking MAGA Hardliners Was Made By America First Conservative
Jack McGeever · 8 min · 1h
STEVE MILLOY: The Interior Department Must Enforce Trump’s Offshore Wind Ban
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— Apr 13, 2025
President Trump has long railed at offshore wind development. The unsightly turbines are associated with scores of dead whales washing up on beaches and cost more than any other form of energy. Their recent development…
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The grammar gatekeeper test
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Twelve spelling and grammar traps that catch almost everyone. Pass, and the AI knights you. Fail, and it's gentle about it. Mostly.
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Why a Predictable Cold Snap Crippled the Texas Power Grid
Reporting
— Feb 21, 2021
As Texans cranked up their heaters early Monday to combat plunging temperatures, a record surge of electricity demand set off a disastrous chain reaction in the state’s power grid. Wind turbines in the state’s northern…
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FRANK LASEE: Wind Turbines And Lobsters Mean Less Lobsters And Not Enough Electricity
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— Jun 16, 2024
National Lobster Day is a good time to think about what the expensive, subsidized offshore wind development is going to do to lobsters and the $400 million lobster industry. Offshore wind will disrupt fishing for them…
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DAVID BLACKMON: Offshore Wind’s Mask Finally Comes Off
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— Aug 14, 2025
The green fairy tale now seems to be unraveling faster than a faulty wind turbine blade in a Nantucket storm. On Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted dropped a bombshell, notifying the market it…
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‘We’ve Been Steamrolled’: Fishermen Protest Offshore Wind Following Turbine Failure That Shed Debris Into Atlantic
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— Aug 27, 2024
Scores of fishermen took to the seas Sunday to protest offshore wind developments after a damaged wind blade scattered toxic debris off the coast of Massachusetts. The blade, a part of the Vineyard Wind development…
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Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting peace and international law. The committee highlighted her human-rights advocacy and service in major international courts.
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STEVE MILLOY: All Republicans Must Stop The Wind Scam
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— Sep 15, 2025
President Trump absolutely hates wind turbines. He has cancelled several projects. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act terminated about $500 billion in subsidies for Green New Scam projects. A post-OBBBA Executive order…
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BONNER COHEN: An Ill Wind Blows Toward Offshore Turbines
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— Feb 2, 2025
Signaling a sharp departure from Biden administration green-energy policies, President Donald Trump Jan. 20 signed an executive order temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pausing the…
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DAVID BLACKMON: Collapse Of Giant Wind Turbine Blade Product Of Biden Admin Green Agenda
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— Jul 27, 2024
Little noted amid the media reporting about the collapse of a gigantic wind blade at the Vineyard Wind 1 project off the coast of Massachusetts last week is the fact that the blade in question was a replacement made…
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‘Bunch Of Suits Trying To Cover Their Tracks’: Beach Town Locals Slam Offshore Wind Developer For Polluting Shores
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— Jul 18, 2024
Residents of Nantucket, Massachusetts, spoke out on Wednesday at a town hall against a wind power company for a “turbine blade failure incident” that resulted in debris washing up along the beach. Officials of the small…
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DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH: Biden’s Hypocrisy On Climate Change Is Painfully Obvious
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— Jun 17, 2024
President Joe Biden has repeatedly called climate change an “existential threat,” worse than nuclear weapons. Yet, Biden’s green energy mandates result in a greater U.S. demand for wind turbines, solar panels and…
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Anthropic Launches New ‘Don’t Be Mean To The Clankers’ Policy
Dylan Kresak · 2 min · 15h
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