Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Caroline Esquivel, who is 39, maintains wind turbines for RWE, a renewable energy firm that operates 26 wind farms across Texas.

When a wind turbine malfunctions and the problem can’t be fixed remotely, General Electric technicians have traditionally had two options. If the malfunction occurred in an easily accessible part of ...

A WIRED guide to careers of the future. First things first: If you hate heights, being a wind turbine technician is probably not the career for you. Sure, we’ve had people who aren’t comfortable with ...

Officials with the Vineyard Wind energy project and turbine manufacturer GE Vernova unveiled a new plan on Friday to recover from the failure of a wind turbine blade in July that scattered debris into ...

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With a loud crash that reverberated through the Rockaway neighborhood, Hull’s last remaining wind turbine was toppled by crews early Wednesday morning, officially ending the town’s decades-old foray ...

With CNC Onsite’s method, the rotor blade is dismounted before it is placed in a repair environment at the wind farm. The damaged inserts are then drilled out and replacement parts inserted. Before ...

Rising material prices and maintenance costs are putting financial strain on wind operators and OEMs. We explore the ...