When Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica last week, it tied with two other hurricanes for the highest landfalling wind ...

Last spring, tens of millions of people lost electricity across Spain, Portugal and part of France. Trains stopped in their tracks, and people were stuck in elevators, as southwestern Europe went ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Harnessing the power of the wind goes back millenniums. Wind is kinetic energy created by the sun ...

If you have ever seen a wind turbine in action, or simply being transported, you have an idea as to how massive they are. But have you ever wondered how big these things get in terms of sheer numbers?