Wind Energy News

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Report on Texas Fire Urges Firefighters to Consider Wind Effects

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Smart Paint Could Revolutionize Structural Safety of Bridges, Mines and More

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Engineer Wants to 'Sculpt' More Powerful Electric Motors and Generators

Posted January 17, 2012:

• Power Generation Is Blowing in the Wind

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Ramping Up Wind Energy Research

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Engineers Study How Hills, Nearby Turbines Affect Wind Energy Production

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Building a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Orion Continues to Make a Splash

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Gone With the Wind: Why the Fast Jet Stream Winds Cannot Contribute Much Renewable Energy After All

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Why Solar Wind Is Rhombic-Shaped: Temperature and Energy Equipartition in Cosmic Plasmas Explained

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Americans Using More Fossil Fuels

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Novel Energy-Storage Membrane: Performance Surpasses Existing Rechargeable Batteries and Supercapacitors

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Double Jeopardy: Building Codes May Underestimate Risks Due to Multiple Hazards

Posted August 30, 2011:

• Tougher, Lighter Wind Turbine Blade Developed: Polyurethane Reinforced With Carbon Nanotubes

Posted August 26, 2011:

• Astrophysicists Solve 40-Year-Old Mariner 5 Solar Wind Problem: Turbulence Doesn’t Go With the Flow

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Motorcycle Helmets Hard on Hearing

Posted July 13, 2011:

• Bold New Approach to Wind 'Farm' Design May Provide Efficiency Gains
• Wind-Turbine Placement Produces Tenfold Power Increase, Researchers Say

Posted June 1, 2011:

• Noise Research to Combat 'Wind Turbine Syndrome'

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Finding Reserves on the Electrical Grid

Posted May 4, 2011:

• Evolutionary Lessons for Wind Farm Efficiency

Posted May 2, 2011:

• Global Warming Won't Harm Wind Energy Production, Climate Models Predict

Posted April 28, 2011:

• Wind Turbines: Extreme Testing for Rotor Blades

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Wind Turbines: In the Wake of the Wind

Posted April 15, 2011:

• Mega Wind Turbines of 20 MW

Posted April 7, 2011:

• Flexible Trailing Edge Flap for Blades to Make Wind Power Cheaper

Posted April 4, 2011:

• Giant Batteries for Green Power

Posted March 29, 2011:

• Optimum Use of Wave Energy With New Technology

Posted March 17, 2011:

• Wind and Solar Can Reliably Supply 25 Percent of Oahu's Electricity Need, New Study Shows
• Electric Grid Reliability: Increasing Energy Storage in Vanadium Redox Batteries by 70 Percent

Posted February 23, 2011:

• New Transmission Concept for Wind Turbines: Higher Energy Yield With Torque Vectoring Gears

Posted February 4, 2011:

• Experimental Blade Research

Posted January 26, 2011:

• World Can Be Powered by Alternative Energy, Using Today's Technology, in 20-40 Years, Experts Say

Posted January 25, 2011:

• More Stable Grid Connection for Wind Generators Operating at Very High Potential

Posted January 20, 2011:

• Better Turbine Spacing for Large Wind Farms

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Comprehensive Wind Info Collected to Improve Renewable Energy
• New Ideas Enhance Efficiency of Wind Turbines

Posted December 13, 2010:

• An Answer to Green Energy Could Be in the Air

Posted November 23, 2010:

• Optimizing Large Wind Farms

Posted November 21, 2010:

• Enhancing the Efficiency of Wind Turbines
• How Hummingbirds Fight the Wind: Robotic Wing May Reveal Answer

Posted November 16, 2010:

• Renewable Energy and the Electricity Grid

Posted November 9, 2010:

• Global Warming Reduces Available Wind Energy, New Research Finds

Posted November 8, 2010:

• Power Grid of the Future Saves Energy

Posted November 5, 2010:

• Offshore Wind Farms: Low Loss Solutions for Transferring Current

Posted November 1, 2010:

• Scarcity of New Energy Minerals May Trigger Trade Wars, Expert Suggests

Posted October 28, 2010:

• Europe Puts Norway’s Power System to the Test

Posted October 26, 2010:

• Harnessing Tidal Energy More Efficiently Than Ever Before

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