China tests a giant flying turbine and it could revolutionize the energy world

The Asian country takes another step in its commitment to wind energy. A flying turbine that is quiet and less visible at ground level.

China was already a wind energy superpower. Now it’s testing giant airborne turbines

Wind energy is taking off all over again. This time, literally. In China, a multi-institute research and development project has created a series of large-scale floating turbine prototypes. The helium ...
Solar Power World

VDE Hail Risk Model updated to reflect increasing wind speeds during hailstorms

VDE Americas has enhanced its proprietary Hail Risk Model with newly analyzed wind speed data, improving the accuracy of hail damage predictions for solar ...
pv magazine International

Decision-making model for wind, solar projects in Saudi Arabia

A group of researchers led by Saudi Arabia's King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) has developed a novel spatio-temporal decision-making model for the development of hybrid photovoltaic ...
Fast Company

This flying wind turbine can pull power from high in the sky

Wind turbines usually jut up from the ground like giant pinwheels. Now a company in China is exploring a new form factor: flying wind turbines. These zeppelin-like aircraft float high in the sky, ...
CNBC

South Fork Wind offers a glimpse at what's possible as offshore wind power projects struggle to gain traction

South Fork Wind, 35 miles East of Montauk, New York, is the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the U.S. Orsted built the wind farm, which has 12 turbines that can power 70,000 homes ...
JEC Composites

Gurit98m, an open-source offshore wind turbine blade model

The Swiss manufacturer launches Gurit98m, an open-source blade model designed to support the development, design and optimisation of wind turbine blade materials. This initiative also reflects the ...