A 'smart' system that controls the storage and release of energy from wind turbines will reduce the risk of power cuts and support the increase of wind energy use world-wide, say researchers. A 'smart ...

Pooling offshore wind power with one common grid would provide stability needed to rely on it as major electricity source, scientists find. In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the ...

Wind power in North America has been an exclusively land-based resource until December 2016 when the 30-MW five turbines Block Island Wind Farm began supplying power to the grid from off the coast of ...

Automation eases Colorado wind farm integration and enhances system operation for Xcel Energy. The AVSO controller helps to maintain healthy voltages at the generation facilities and substation busses ...

A megawatt-class airborne wind power system, resembling a fantasy airship and developed by a Beijing-based company, successfully completed its maiden flight and power generation test in Southwest ...

How much wind power a system can incorporate is a significant problem in power grid management. At a basic level, grid operators can’t control when the wind blows, and the problem is exacerbated by ...

Mild weather, not extreme events, could affect the nation’s power grid when it is reliant on wind and solar rather than gas and coal. Last August, wind farms across the Midwest stopped producing ...