The turbines are small enough to be installed in home settings, and can reach a maximum height of 10 m (32.8 ft) to grab wind currents. The team also says the turbines could find use by disaster ...

German researchers have paved the way for decentralized renewable energy by developing a lightweight, small wind turbine capable of generating electricity even in the gentlest breeze. The system, ...

German manufacturer SkyWind has just become the first company to receive full certification for its compact wind turbine, the NG. The small but mighty wind spinners are easy to install atop home ...

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The "Windcatcher" design concept, a wall of small wind turbines floating in the sea, from Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems (WCS), has officially received approval from a leading global ...

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State owned CleanCo has nixed an option to buy a 360 MW wind project, saying it doesn't fit with its new remit. Instead, it has signed up to a small 10-year-old wind farm.

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Chinese firm has tested the world’s first megawatt class airborne wind turbine platform designed to feed electricity directly ...

Q: Are wind farms harmful to the environment? A: Like all energy sources, wind farms have some negative environmental impacts. But getting energy from wind farms results in dramatically lower ...