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Why wind turbines keep getting bigger, on land and at sea.

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How wind turbines got so much bigger

The average new wind turbine installed in the US in 2025 has a 141-meter rotor and a rating of 3.76 megawatts. Dongfang…

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How offshore wind power works

Offshore wind power comes from turbines standing in the ocean or floating above it, and the world had 92.5 gigawatts of it…

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Japan’s offshore wind buildout is years behind its own targets

Japan wants 10 GW of offshore wind running by 2030, building toward 30 to 45 GW by 2040. It had only 253.4…

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How efficient are wind turbines

No wind turbine turns all of the wind's energy into electricity, and physics caps that share at 59.3% of the wind's kinetic…
Wind turbines of the Roscoe Wind Farm rising over farmland in West Texas

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How much of US electricity comes from wind power

US wind power supplied about 10% of American electricity in 2025, and new capacity keeps coming through 2029, but the tax credit is on a deadline.