For many environmental enthusiasts, horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) — the kind that look like windmills slowly spinning in the distance — are a pretty familiar sight. Unfortunately, there are ...
Wind power has become one of the pillars of the global energy transition, yet the basic silhouette of the modern turbine, a ...
Our lackeys are constantly scouring the Interwebs for great content and today their gnarled fingers have uncovered a great DIY project that uses abundant GM-sourced parts. Ready to learn how to build ...
Wind turbines are producing an ever-greater share of the world’s energy mix, especially of generated electricity. Wind generators continue to get taller and to realize greater production capacity, but ...
Here is a green gadget that is designed to be used in areas where there is no electric, and it is designed to produce enough electric for a small house depending on how much wind there is available.
Shawn Frayne’s Windbelt uses vibrating ribbons, not blades, to harvest wind efficiently on a smaller scale where traditional ...
One problem when you try to field super-big wind turbines: All the components involved get super heavy as well. No surprise, then, that there are efforts afoot to figure out ways of lightening up the ...