This vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) uses five 3” PVC pipes cut in half for blades rotating on three kids bicycle wheels to spin an Ametek 38 volt motor or a wind blue alternator.The whole ...

Offshore wind energy will experience significant growth in the coming decades. TNO is working on new techniques and methods.

A Spanish company called Vortex Bladeless has developed an innovative mast wind turbine that works by turning vibrational ...

A structural engineer says the blades of a wind turbine are designed to last 20 years and is built to withstand winds of at ...

You'll adore this innovative bladeless wind turbine for your house; bid solar panels farewell. It does not have to depend on ...

New vertical axis wind turbines that could be a game-changer for distributed generation powering farms, factories and apartment blocks are being taken for a trial spin by a team in Australia. Flinders ...

The growing global focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has become a central driver of the transition to renewable energy sources, including wind energy. International agreements, such as ...

Shrink one of those to about a quarter of its size, and you have one type of home wind turbine. Manufacturers have come up with a number of creative designs that fall into one of two categories: ...

Machine Learning Enables Viability of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have used a genetic learning algorithm to identify optimal pitch profiles for the blades of vertical ...

South Australia’s Flinders University is set to trial a next-generation vertical wind turbine south of Adelaide in a research collaboration with local start-up VAWT-X Energy. Backed by private ...