Some wind turbine blades are made from balsa wood, but they’re not a major part of Amazon deforestation, contrary to online claims
Learn what materials actually go into wind turbine blades
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Lacks contextBringing clarity to misleading claims about wind turbines’ costs, impacts on birds
Claim:
Wind turbines are killing bald eagles, and make you pay more for electricity
Source: Gateway Pundit, Gregory Lyakhov, 2026-01-13 -
Are grid battery storage systems fire-prone? Early data suggests their fires are rare
Grid batteries can catch fire, but these fires are becoming less common as more grid batteries are built.
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Lacks contextDo renewables need a second grid?
Chris Wright’s claims that renewables require to maintain a second grid and are always more expensive leave out crucial context about how electric grids work.
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Do wind turbines work when it’s cold?
Turbine blades can ice over at temperatures below freezing, but many turbines come with systems that prevent this.
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Lacks contextWide Awake Media repeats misleading claims that wind turbines are expensive and environmentally unfriendly
Claim:
Building a single wind turbine requires a jaw-dropping quantity of energy and resources. Wind turbines are expensive, inefficient, bird-, and bat-slaying.
Source: X/Twitter, Wide Awake Media, 2025-07-18 -
How much electricity do data centers use, and can they run on renewables?
Data centers are largely powered by fossil fuels today, but that may start to change.
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A large solar plant in California is closing – what does it mean for solar power?
The Ivanpah solar plant uses solar concentration power, very different from the technology used in most solar farms today.
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MisleadingDiesel generators did not power wind farms in Scotland, nor anywhere else
Claim:
Diesel generators are powering wind turbines.
Source: X/Twitter, Social media users, 2025-06-14 -
What caused Iberia’s blackout? Renewable energy’s opponents were quick to blame solar and wind, but multiple factors appear to be at play
Based on what we do know about the day’s events, claims that renewables caused the blackout are misleading.
