A superconducting rotor has been successfully tested on an active wind turbine for the first time. The EcoSwing consortium designed, developed, manufactured a full-size superconducting gener... Read more
A large group of international researchers have just published a scientific article in which they encourage environmental authorities across the globe to rethink the idea of removing oil rig... Read more
Despite the rigors of scientific inquiry and the methodical approaches of the world’s most talented researchers, sometimes science has a surprise in store. Such was the case when a gro... Read more
A new design for gigantic blades longer than two football fields could help bring offshore 50-megawatt (MW) wind turbines to the United States and the world. Sandia National Laboratories’ re... 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
Research into the best ways to arrange wind turbines has produced staggering results — quite literally. The University of Delaware’s Cristina Archer and her Atmosphere and Energy Research Gr... Read more
How about skyscrapers outfitted with rotating window panels? Wind farms may be hitting the big time, but that hasn’t deterred inventors and technologists from tinkering, or even reinve... Read more
A Tunisian invention that harvests wind energy through adesign inspired by sailboats promises cheaper, more efficient wind energy. The bladeless wind turbine, the Saphonian, named after th... Read more
The amount of power to be reaped from tapping low- and high-altitude winds dwarfs global demand Wind turbines on land and offshore could readily provide more than four times the power that t... Read more
A French invention which has been a long time in development now has the wings to be a world beater, and is dripping with promise Every once in a while an invention crops up with the power t... Read more
Murdoch University researchers have come up with a potential solution to one of sustainable energy’s greatest challenges: power storage for use in non-generation times. According to project... Read more
Coimbatore college invention could boost wind power in rural India According to reports, a city-based college has developed a 500 Watts class wind turbine that could help resolve power short... Read more
These can even be placed out in the ocean Altaeros Energies has announced the first testing of its Airborne Wind Turbine (AWT) prototype that resembles a sort of blimp windmill. The test too... Read more
Chinese researchers have now developed a biologically inspired control system Wind turbines are exposed to a wide variety of wind conditions, from zephyrs to gales, and ensuring the maximum... Read more
Edison’s Revenge The rise of direct current using devices and direct current generation have some rethinking the use of alternating current in the grid A new front in an old feud is be... Read more
