The world needs more wind energy. But anyone designing new wind turbines or trying to squeeze more power out of existing ones faces a stiff challenge when testing new approaches. That's because the ...

We live in an amazing time people, with technology being a driving factor in the ‘magic’ that we experience daily. For example, you can grab a little pocket-sized windmill, head out to the middle of ...

Researchers in Ecuador found that using wind speeds from upper atmospheric levels of the ERA5 reanalysis, rather than ...

・Bladeless wind turbines use a swaying mast instead of spinning blades, which could suit locations where conventional turbines are impractical. ・Computer simulations found that mast length and width ...

A new Johns Hopkins study shows that simplified actuator disk models reproduce the power and thrust fluctuation statistics of ...

The Chinese wind energy giant is making big moves abroad and starting to supply renewable power to the AI industry.

Wind farms may be a modern invention, but humanity has tapped into the power of the wind for thousands of years, beginning with sails to propel boats and simple windmills to pump water. The first ...

Cloudy skies are usually bad news for solar power, but they could offer an unexpected benefit to offshore wind farms. New ...

The world needs more wind energy. But anyone designing new wind turbines or trying to squeeze more power out of existing ones ...