Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro will build the world's first deepwater floating wind turbine next year off Norway's coast, it said on Thursday.
When you think of wind power, you probably picture gigantic wind turbines spinning gracefully in the middle of large open areas.
If the future is to have scores of microgenerators hooked up to the national grid, power companies should pay us to erect wind turbines on our land
... has inspired the creation of a completely novel design for wind turbine blades. This design has been shown to be more efficient and also quieter, but defies traditional engineering theories. "Engineers ...
A British company is poised to construct the world's first floating wind turbine, in a move that could herald a new generation of cheaper, less problematic wind energy
... that produce vibrations in the gearbox. These are relayed to the tower of the wind turbine, where they are emitted across a wide ... researchers have developed an active damping system for wind turbines. The project is being funded by the "Deutsche Bundesstiftung ...
... of Calgary in Canada. "An atmospheric-pressure drop at wind-turbine blades is an undetectable—and potentially unforeseeable ... are more susceptible to barotrauma than birds, and that bat fatalities at wind turbines far outnumber bird fatalities ...
Interest for wind turbines small enough to mount on a roof is spreading from coast to coast, even though their installation is hardly ever recouped in electricity savings.
... that the present and future location of large numbers of wind turbines on European farmland is unlikely to have detrimental ... . Previous studies by other researchers have concentrated on the impact of wind turbines on waterbirds and birds of prey. "Much ...
An Ottawa man thinks bylaws that make it illegal to put a wind turbine in his backyard are out-of-date.
... PhysOrg.com) -- A quiet wind turbine developed in Scotland is now available in the US and Canada. Its developers say that the roof-based turbine can provide significant power for homes and commercial ...
Smoke and lasers are used in wind tunnel to unravel airflow mysteries of wind turbines.
... and existing equipment – long-bladed underwater wind turbines – is prone to failure.A Welsh renewable ... propulsion experts to design a new marine turbine which they believe is far more robust.Cardiff-based ...
... .com) -- A Seattle man has invented a small wind turbine that can be installed on homeowners' rooftops. The "Jellyfish" wind turbine generates about 40 kilowatt hours each month, which is enough to light a home ...
... trailing edge of wind turbine blades can be manufactured in an elastic material that makes it possible to control ... . This will reduce the considerably dynamic loads that large wind turbine blades are exposed to during operation ...
