Wind energy is taking off all over again. This time, literally. In China, a multi-institute research and development project has created a series of large-scale floating turbine prototypes. The helium ...

The Asian country takes another step in its commitment to wind energy. A flying turbine that is quiet and less visible at ground level.

Aikido Technologies, a U.S. startup developing floating offshore wind platforms, announced a new product concept that merges wind turbine foundations with onboard data centers into a single steel ...

The WTTC opened in 2011 and has since evolved to test longer wind turbine blades (Credit: DOE) When WTTC opened in 2011, it tested land-based wind turbine blades that typically spanned around 50 ...

When comparing the efficiency of different wind turbine blade designs, [AdamEnt] found using a hair dryer wasn’t the best tool for the job. Enter his new 3D-printed wind tunnel. After several ...

China has unveiled plans for seismic investment in wind power to boost its capacity for cleaner energy. As Interesting Engineering detailed, a memo from Huaneng, one of the nation's largest power ...

Europe is betting its energy future on massive 25MW wind turbines in deep, hostile waters. Discover the high-stakes project pushing offshore power to the limit.

A new system using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of embedded-control software releases keeps turbines up on the farm For its wind turbine control systems, Siemens’ engineers faced the challenge ...

Offshore wind turbines could house up to a 12-megawatt data center, drawing wind power while using the cold sea water for cooling.