A concept rendering of offshore vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs). What makes renewable energy so exciting is the immense economic potential of groundbreaking technology advancements. A recent ...

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 ...

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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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Brandon Ennis, Sandia National Laboratories’ offshore wind technical lead, had a radically new idea for offshore wind turbines: instead of a tall, unwieldy tower with blades at the ...

The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with wind farms containing more compact and efficient vertical turbines. New research has found that the ...

When you think of a wind turbine, the image that likely pops into your mind is the classic three-bladed giant rising from farmland or the sea. But over the years, designers and engineers have come up ...