We’ve all got a pretty good mental image of the traditional wind-powered generator: essentially a big propeller on a stick. Some might also be familiar with vertical wind turbines, which can ...

25, 2024 — Interactions between wind turbines could reduce power output by 30% in proposed offshore wind farm areas along the East Coast, new research has found. In all, the farms could still ...

and the type 2 turbine largely replaced the type 1 turbine for large-scale energy production in new wind farms around the late 90s and early 00s. In order to save the most interesting for last ...

Unfortunately, for obvious reasons, wind turbines installed in the open ocean are pretty difficult to maintain. Now, a new innovation could make that maintenance a lot more doable, Interesting ...

Meanwhile new rotors are only getting bigger. "Twenty years ago, my colleagues and I used to ask ourselves what is the most powerful offshore wind turbine that we could imagine," says Vincent ...

The cranes moved in last year at Hagshaw Hill, Scotland's oldest commercial wind farm. They were there to continue the dismantling of wind turbines that ... be used to make new blades.

Homeowners considering solar as a backup for grid power or as a standalone energy source should take a second look at supplementing their photovoltaic (PV) panels with wind turbines. Wind power is ...

Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals and opponents increase their legal challenges to the work ...

Wind turbine technicians, also known as wind techs, are the professionals in charge of inspecting and maintaining wind turbines. That means that most of their days are spent way up high in a ...

The tool also needs to consider where eagle nests are located, so surveys to plot these must be carried out in and around any land earmarked for new wind turbines. To try and validate the tool's ...

THE STATE OF WIND — New Jersey, which has one of the most ambitious offshore wind targets in the country, has no turbines in the water. A series of developments over the past year, including a ...

This movement of hot and cold air is how wind is generated. It's kind of like when you let go of a balloon and all the air rushes out… Whoops! The modern turbine ... most new wind farms are ...