The world’s largest wind turbine is now the Enercon E-126. This turbine has a rotor diameter of 126 meters (413 feet). The E-126 is a more sophisticated version of the E-112, formerly the world’s largest wind turbine and rated at 6 megawatts. This new turbine is officially rated at 6 megawatts too, but will most [...]

The U.S. has enough wind power to fuel the equivalent of nearly 9 million homes, up almost 23% from the start of the year, the American Wind Energy Association reported Tuesday.
But the industry will fall short of earlier growth projections for the year, the association says, largely because of last year's financial meltdown. That resulted [...]