The share of wind power in total electric power generation is expected to increase, and with that comes a requirement for this carbon-free source to be more reliable. The most important component of a ...

Positive charges distributed in the air are concentrated near the conventional air-termination, so positive polarity lightning of the same polarity avoids the positive charges and possibly strike the ...

A team has developed the world's first technology to prevent damage caused by "positive lightning," which frequently occurs in offshore wind farms during winter. Just as voltage has positive and ...

The federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement on Wednesday said it will oversee the investigation of a reported lightning strike that hit the same Vineyard Wind 1 turbine that lost a ...

A lightning strike on the same Vineyard Wind turbine that suffered a catastrophic blade failure last summer has once again thrown the spotlight on the offshore wind farm. According to the U.S. Coast ...

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, company ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — More information has been released regarding the damage caused after lightning struck a wind turbine at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation‘s Brock Environmental Center in Virginia ...

The same Vineyard Wind turbine blade that snapped in half last summer now appears to have been struck by lightning, according to the company and the U.S. Coast Guard. On Sunday, officials confirmed ...

The blade of a wind turbine that sits off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, was struck by lightning, Vineyard Wind confirmed Sunday.The involved blade, GE Vernova, on turbine AW-38, was the ...