Wind Energy News

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Americans Using More Fossil Fuels

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Dark and Bright: European Space Agency Chooses Next Two Science Missions

Posted September 29, 2011:

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

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Musical Weather Shows Climate Influence
• Wind Power: Long-Term Wind Speed Changes Estimated

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 August 18, 2011:

• New Images Reveal Structures of the Solar Wind as It Travels Toward and Impacts Earth

Posted August 8, 2011:

• North Sea Wind Farm Has Positive Net Impact on Fauna, Researchers Say

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Research on Endangered Guam Cycads: Fadang Photo Makes the Cover of Major Botanical Journal
• Motorcycle Helmets Hard on Hearing

Posted July 14, 2011:

• Dust Storms: New Way to Undercut Dust Emissions

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 July 3, 2011:

• Biofuels from the Sea: Seaweed May Prove a Viable Future Biofuel, Especially If Harvested in Summer

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Solar Wind Samples Give Insight Into Birth of Solar System

Posted June 14, 2011:

• New Insights on How Solar Minimums Affect Earth

Posted June 1, 2011:

• Noise Research to Combat 'Wind Turbine Syndrome'

Posted May 12, 2011:

• Sharing Musical Instruments Means Sharing Germs

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Finding Reserves on the Electrical Grid

Posted May 5, 2011:

• After a Three-Decade Hiatus, Sea-Level Rise May Return to N. America's West Coast

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 13, 2011:

• Toward a 'Green Grid' for Delivering Solar and Wind-Based Electricity

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 31, 2011:

• Economic Importance of Bats in the 'Billions a Year' Range

Posted March 29, 2011:

• Optimum Use of Wave Energy With New Technology

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Wind Can Keep Mountains from Growing

Posted March 23, 2011:

• New Wind Tunnel Will Evaluate Wind Effects and Thermal Situations to Improve Urban Climate

Posted March 21, 2011:

• Channeling Powerful Kansas Wind to Keep Electricity Running

Posted March 18, 2011:

• Allergies? Pollen Also Appears Outside Flowering Season

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 March 8, 2011:

• Voyager Seeks the Answer Blowin' in the Wind

Posted February 25, 2011:

• Drier Conditions Projected to Accelerate Dust Storms in the Southwest

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 31, 2011:

• Fewer Bats Carry Rabies Than Thought

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 23, 2011:

• Climate Change Threatens Many Tree Species

Posted January 20, 2011:

• Better Turbine Spacing for Large Wind Farms

Posted January 12, 2011:

• Taking the Pulse of a Black Hole System

Posted December 20, 2010:

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

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