Wind energy is taking off all over again. This time, literally. In China, a multi-institute research and development project has created a series of large-scale floating turbine prototypes. The helium ...

We are finally learning how to farm the sky for energy. All this time, the fastest, most consistent winds on Earth have stayed just out of reach. They swirled thousands of feet above our heads while ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Llewellyn King has been a player in the energy space since 1970. Jimmy Dean, the country musician, actor and entrepreneur, ...

Online commenters took the opportunity to give the internet a lesson about how wind turbines really work after one poster made false claims suggesting that they weren't designed to produce electricity ...

Wind turbines work properly in cold weather, contrary to social media posts that claim they fail when temperatures drop. An X post from July 2025 received more than 100,000 views while incorrectly ...

Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... a 20,000 cubic-meter power-generating airship, floating 6,560 ft (2,000 meters) above the ground. Introducing the S2000 stratospheric airborne ...

The National Audubon Society warns that two-thirds of North American bird species are at risk of extinction because of rising temperatures. As habitats shift, food sources vanish, and “mega-fires” ...

The once-promising U.S. offshore wind industry is in a precarious state. First came a series of post-COVID economic challenges that led developers to cancel or delay some projects. Then President ...