The lucrative future of wind farm construction around the world could be over after aliens allegedly attacked a turbine in England.

Locals in Conisholme, Lincolnshire woke on the weekend to find to find one of their beloved tubines massacred.

And with not much evidence to go on, they went straight for the aliens.

Locals reported seeing "glowing spheres" in the sky at about the same time as the turbine died and are convinced it was either ET or a mystery airplane.

The manufacturer says the turbine was built to withstand extreme weather.

But obviously it wasn't built to withstand the full force of aliens on a mission to destroy renewable energy in the UK, if not the world.

Today, wind turbines, tommorrow, Al Gore.

A mini wind farm will be installed in Times Square this month to power the landmark's first eco-friendly billboard.

Office supplier Ricoh is paying for the £1.5m sign, which will be fitted with 16 wind turbines and 64 solar panels (more details here).

But when the sun don't shine and the wind don't blow, the 38m by 14m sign won't operate. At least that is the theory anyway.

The lights in Times Square are probably bright enough to power the solar panels themselves, allowing Ricoh to piggyback off other firms' electrical bills.

Ricoh claim the sign could save it £6,500 to £7,500 a year and prevent 18 tonnes of carbon entering the atmosphere a year.

Construction begins this month for a launch date of 4 December.

They're two completely different breeds, but finally scientists and surfers have been able to agree on one thing - the power of a good wave.

After months of construction, the world's first wave farm off the coast of Portugal has started generating power for 1,500 homes.

Consisting of three 130m by 4m Pelamis sea snake-like wave energy converters (more pics), Agucadoura can generate 2.25 megawatts.

Basically, the sea snakes are connected by hinges and bob up and down with the waves. The hinges are resisted by hydraulic rams that pump fluid through hydraulic motors that turn electrical generators that make power.

This power is fed via an underwater cable to shore.

Scottish firm Pelamis Wave Power hopes to build another 21 sea snakes next year to increase capacity.

Soon it'll be the scientists yelling "surf's up, dude!"