EPFL researchers used a genetic algorithm to identify optimal pitch profiles for vertical-axis wind turbines, significantly increasing efficiency and reducing vibrations.

The type of wind turbine you’re used to seeing in stock photos of wind farms is called a horizontal axis wind turbine (or, HAWT). But there is another form of wind power, called a vertical axis ...

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.

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In a major move to tap into offshore wind energy, a group of leading Japanese companies has been chosen to carry out a crucial study on the feasibility of using large-scale floating vertical-axis ...

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Norway's World Wide Wind has a radically different take on offshore wind power. These floating, vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) feature two sets of blades, tuned to contra-rotate – and they ...

The long dormant promise of floating vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) designs in offshore power production – on the drawing board, able to capture more energy from the resource than the ...

Swedish wind turbine maker SeaTwirl got the go-ahead to test its vertical-axis floating offshore wind prototype in Norway.

About 10% of the U.S.’s electricity today is generated by wind, according to the Energy Department, with most of that produced by massive, utility-scale turbines that continue to grow in size.

The generator in a vertical-axis turbine, on the other hand, can be placed anywhere on said vertical axis; in an offshore context, this means it can be at the waterline or below, adding weight where ...