CAMBRIDGE, MA – An essential lumber product tucked inside the blades of sleek massive wind turbines is experiencing spot shortages of supply: Balsa wood. The lightweight wood is used to build sandwich ...

NREL Education Programs Science Coordinator Rick Shin attaches a balsa-wood wind turbine to a gear system at Denver West High School. NREL’s Education Programs staff visit schools dozens of times each ...

(Nanowerk News) In wind farms across North America and Europe, sleek turbines equipped with state-of-the-art technology convert wind energy into electric power. But tucked inside the blades of these ...

Yummy: a composite resin suitable for making wind turbine blades could be recycled into a variety of products, including these gummy bears. (Courtesy: John Dorgan) Wind power is great success story, ...

Surfer dude: Christoph Pöhler with a piece of former wind turbine rotor blade in the Fraunhofer WKI's wood workshop. (Courtesy: Fraunhofer WKI) Stand-up paddle boarding is up near the top of my bucket ...