Sri Sritharan called up a digital map of the United States and pointed to a dark blue band running through the middle of the country. That’s wind country. The blue band runs east from the Ro... Read more
Since childhood, Michael Carruth, a junior in the environmental design program at CU-Boulder, has been fascinated with nature. Long hours spent playing outdoors, observing swirling leaves, c... Read more
Researchers at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) have designed and patented a floating platform for offshore wind turbin... Read more
A newly-designed material, which mimics the wing structure of owls, could help make wind turbines, computer fans and even planes much quieter. Early wind tunnel tests of the coating have sho... Read more
Up to 80 percent more cost effective to maintain – supposedly has a greater than 50 percent manufacturing cost advantage and a 40 percent reduction in its carbon footprint compared to... Read more
Hui Hu picked up a 3-D printed model of a typical wind turbine and began explaining two problems with the big, tall, three-bladed machines. First, said the Iowa State University professor of... Read more
Researchers from UOW are developing technologies for next generation offshore wind turbines that are one-third the price and 1,000 times more efficient, and they could be installed off the c... Read more
In very cold climate zones, the wind can blow with tremendous force. But wind turbines have rarely been built in these regions up to now. The risk of ice formation on the rotor blades is jus... Read more
A wind turbine with a working life of 20 years will offer a net benefit within five to eight months of being brought online. US researchers have carried out an environmental lifecycle assess... Read more
Although it’s getting increasingly common to see solar panels on the roofs of homes, household wind turbines are still a fairly rare sight. If Rotterdam-based tech firm The Archimedes... Read more
The Seatower Cranefree turbine platform could be such a significant step forward Offshore wind farming combines the clean, green, environmentally neutral benefits of land-based wind turbines... Read more
Ultimate effectiveness levels at low wind strengths With the DualWingGenerator, Festo has developed an extraordinary technology platform as part of the Bionic Learning Network. In contrast t... Read more
The company says their product could reduce energy costs by up to 65% The test of a scaled-down prototype of a new type of floating wind turbine that uses a helium-filled shell demonstrated... Read more
In recent years, mini wind energy has been developing in a spectacular way. According to estimates by the WWEA-World Wind Energy Association, the level of development of the mini wind energy... Read more
Wind turbines can remain productive for up to 25 years, making wind farms an attractive long-term choice for energy investors, according to new research. The UK has a target of generating 15... Read more
