WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In a “game-changing” win against climate change, Purdue University research has discovered that wind turbines can not only provide the first clean-energy method to capture ...

The state’s plan to install a floating turbine research site took a step forward with a signed lease for 15,000 acres in the Gulf of Maine, shown in the cross-hatched area. GRAPHIC / COURTESY, BOEM ...

Wind turbines on a hill above a farm home in southeastern Washington state in November. American homeowners may have been unfairly tarred with the NIMBY brush, with new research showing that wind ...

Across the world, wind power is growing fast—but not fast enough. To meet climate goals and reach carbon neutrality, the United Nations says global wind energy must triple in the next ten years.

Diffuser-augmented wind turbine systems represent an innovative approach to renewable energy harvesting by utilising an additional aerodynamic structure – the diffuser – to enhance airflow over the ...

People interested in reducing their carbon footprint, along with their monthly energy costs, have an array of options to consider. One of them is wind power. If you've narrowed down your options and ...

Offshore wind turbines, particularly floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs), operate in highly dynamic and often severe marine environments where extreme loads induced by wind, waves and currents can ...

The turbines were developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research along with the BBF Group, a construction and engineering firm in the Berlin and Brandenburg region.

A turbine with one blade painted black at a wind farm near Glenrock, Wyoming. Courtesy of Jona Whitesides, Pacificorp This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories ...