Ultimately VAWT-X envisages turbines in the up to 500kW range. VAWT-X managing director Gary Andrews told Recharge that his company is not aiming to compete with large-scale horizontal axis wind ...

The business is dominated by horizontal-axis turbines ... wind energy. Darrieus VAWTs, on the other hand, have more efficiency but have major structural difficulties because of their long, curved ...

Two companies are partnering to tackle one of the wind energy industry’s most persistent challenges—and they may set a world record in the process. On Monday, the equipment manufacturer ...

Vineyard Wind 1 is once again turning wind into electricity, even as its developer works to meet a federal mandate requiring the removal of turbine blades made at the Canadian factory where the ...

The rule helps address an ongoing concern that turbine blades — which are frequently replaced with new ones — take up too much space at local landfills. While those landfills typically earn fees to ...

The top executives of a company accused of abandoning junked wind-turbine blades across Iowa say they shouldn’t be held liable for their companies’ actions. Last fall, the State of Iowa sued a ...

A turbine blade has broken at Australia’s largest wind farm, prompting an investigation by officials. The incident at the southwestern Queensland-based MacIntyre wind farm occurred in late December, ...

13, 2024 — Researchers have started to unravel the mysteries of how near-horizontal bowling ... optimal pitch profiles for the blades of vertical-axis wind turbines, which despite their high ...