Above: An autonomous vehicle that deploys a conducting cable in wind turbine blades to determine lightning protection system continuity and reduce maintenance costs. Wind turbines are potential ...

Additionally, positive polarity lightning primarily occurs in winter when the altitude of clouds is lower. With the recent increase in demand for renewable energy, the construction of wind ...

Additionally, positive polarity lightning primarily occurs in winter when the altitude of clouds is lower. With the recent increase in demand for renewable energy, the construction of wind ...

Teague, Texas had the most lightning strikes than any other city in the U.S. at 735 strikes and 1,903 events per square mile.

ORNL researcher Vipin Kumar, an expert in lightning strike protection for airborne composites, inspects the wind turbine blade tip before he and his team remove it from a mold at DOE’s Carbon Fi ...

Top Image: Team members from left to right: Peter Booras, Sam Brown, Jake Geraci, Daniel Llorca, Zhenhua Lu, Patrick Bodine-Ellison. When wind turbine blades are damaged by lightning strikes or ...

The display included thunder and lightning, wind and rain. Neither thunder nor lightning seems commonplace on any winter day. On Tuesday, the two gave a rare and vivid show of atmospheric force ...

Its supremacy is a result of North America's advanced wind energy sector and leadership in technology innovation. Advanced protection technologies, like lightning protection systems and predictive ...

Lightning disrupted airports like Miami International and interacted with wind turbines in Oklahoma. With more than 2 billion events a year, lightning is a near-constant presence in our ...