Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of a wind turbine, the image that likely pops into your mind is the classic three-bladed giant rising from farmland ...

Sometimes the simplest improvements to a system are the least obvious. That seems to be the design philosophy of Leviathan Energy, a startup that might be ready to commercialize an important ...

Lower costs, cheaper wind turbines and hurricane safe. That’s the future of offshore wind energy promised by SeaTwirl, a company that makes vertical wind turbines. These new turbines have capabilities ...

Two Vermont companies will each share in a federal grant to produce better and less costly smaller wind-turbine energy technology for the global market. The grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...

Minecraft world is full of creativity. It allows the players to build anything using their imagination. Amidst popular structures constricted by the players, there are windmills. These do not just add ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Engineers have been tinkering with different offshore wind ...

A radical windmill design could hold the key to making offshore wind power more economical and helping the UK meet its ambitious renewable energy targets. The Aerogenerator turns conventional ...

Rotary encoders play an important role in the wind industry by providing the high resolution feedback necessary to run the very dynamic control systems of today’s turbines. Selecting the correct ...

A line of custom low- to medium-voltage cable assemblies is suited for the design, installation, and maintenance of wind turbines. Available in short versions for use in the nacelle and long versions ...