Wind power has always been a trade off between clean energy and the visual, acoustic, and ecological cost of giant spinning blades. A new generation of radical designs promises something different, ...

Shawn Frayne’s Windbelt uses vibrating ribbons, not blades, to harvest wind efficiently on a smaller scale where traditional ...

If you think about turbines, you might think about large windmills on hills or offshore farms, right? However, it can also be ...

As the world innovates to become more sustainable and electrified, the demand for renewable energy generation grows. Wind energy has become key in increasing the renewable energy generation mix of ...

The first wind turbine tower manufactured using a spiral welding technique is now in commercial operation. Proponents of the new approach say it could revolutionize onshore wind deployment by offering ...

Additive Manufacturing Enables Faster Prototyping and Unique Design Capabilities for Wind Tunnel Models EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. & REHOVOT, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) today ...

For the first time, engineers at MIT have developed a comprehensive, physics-based model that accurately represents the airflow around rotors even under extreme conditions. The new model enables the ...

Siemens Energy AG is considering designing a new turbine to replace a system responsible for billions of euros in losses as one option to shore up its beleaguered wind energy business, people familiar ...

Additive Manufacturing Enables Faster Prototyping and Unique Design Capabilities for Wind Tunnel Models 3D printing helps advance wind tunnel testing and shorten design iteration. Gulf Wind Technology ...

For example, operators of wind farms must constantly adjust a variety of parameters, including the orientation of each turbine as well as its rotation speed and the angle of its blades, in order to ...