A Norwegian startup claims that its strange wind turbine design will be able to produce more than double the electricity of the largest unit on the planet. But first they have to prove it works.

Aiming to cut costs of offshore wind power, British engineers are developing a vertical-axis turbine that would eliminate the need for a tower, reduce stress on blades and foundations and ease ...

Inventor Robert D. Hunt says the wind turbine uses the effect of drag to harness wind power instead of lift as conventional wind turbines use. The design has shutters mounted onto a rotating disk.

When we think of wind farms, most of us picture towering horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT), with their three ginormous blades spinning from a horizontal axis.But a vertical axis wind turbine ...

Most horizontal wind-turbine nacelles contain a planetary gearbox that steps up the rotor speed from tens of revolutions per minute to the 1,800-rpm range for running the electrical generator.

Installed under traditional wind turbines, they can double the output of electricity from a wind farm while still leaving ...

Heath Evdemon has designed a new kind of wind turbine based on reciprocating motion that's currently being scaled up into a full-size prototype with the help of the Future Factory project.

The first recorded use of horizontal-axis windmills was in France and England in the 12th century, but historians cannot resolve whether or not the Afghani vertical-shaft design was transformed ...

Offshore wind power specialist Vestas has revealed plans to build the largest dedicated offshore wind turbine in the world. The proposed V164 would have a 7.0 MW capacity, twice that of its ...

Consider the inside of a typical wind turbine nacelle. It will contain a gearbox, electrical controls, a generator, hub mounting, blade controls, and several other major systems.

According to the report, the wind turbine market was valued at $66.9 billion in 2023, and is estimated to reach $164.3 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 9.5% from 2024 to 2033.

These scale model wind turbines use fixed-pitch blades to evaluate a new vertical axis wind turbine design. Vertical axis wind turbines are easier to install than traditional horizontal axis wind ...