ECC to Build 1.5-Megawatt Wind Turbines For Air Force Center

The Energy Competence Centre (ECC) has recently finished the development of its second wind turbine project at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR). The project consists...

High-Altitude Winds Some 200 Times Weaker Than Previously Thought

High-altitude winds have been thought by some to be the ultimate energy source that will drive our needs in the future. However, recent calculations...

Bayer's New Composite Technology Improves Wind Turbine Blades

Bayer MaterialScience LLC, one of the world's largest producers of polymers and high-performance plastics, has recently created a new polyurethane-based composite technology in order...

WindFloat: Offshore Wind Turbine That Doesn't Need Heavy Lifting Equipment to Install It

Principle Power, Inc. (Seattle-based offshore wind energy developer) in collaboration with Energias de Portugal ( a Portuguese utility) have successfully installed a full-scale 2-megawatt...

Scottish Offshore Wind Turbines to Feature Helicopter Landing Pad

Scotland will soon become the first country in the world that will have a two-blade wind turbine that features a helicopter landing pad. According to...

Dutch Offshore Wind Turbines Too Expensive, Government Cuts Subsidies

The Dutch don't like wind turbines anymore. They built 36 offshore wind turbines back in 2006, and had great hopes for them, but now...

China Has Become The New World Leader in Wind And Hydro

China has become the new world leader in wind energy production, with 42.3 GW of wind power installed. This country has overtaken the US,...

Windstalk Harvests Wind Power Without Using Blades

We all know that wind turbines are one of the most used solutions for clean energy generation but like all things they have bad...

Enel Develops Mini Wind Turbine for Low-Speed Winds

Enel Green Power in collaboration with Renzo Piano Building Workshop have developed a mini wind turbine prototype that is more sensitive to low-altitude diffuse...

SeaTwirl – New Offshore Wind Turbine Produces Cheap Electricity

Many scientists and researchers are trying to find the best solutions to harness offshore winds and generate clean electricity. All have concluded that the...