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Renewable energy harnessed from the power of wind. You’ll be blown away by the latest news of wind turbines.
Demand for electricity to be met by African countries
African countries may have to reassess their energy output in order to meet the demand for electricity.
Superconductivity breakthrough to double wind turbine potency
Eurotapes, a European research project on superconductivity has produced 600m (1,968ft) of the tape.
Search engine matches wind turbines in satellite imagery
Descartes Labs has launched GeoVisual Search, which locates wind turbines in satellite images.
Potential to dramatically change the carbon economy
To combat climate change most strategies concentrate on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by substituting…
Flexible wind turbines are more efficient
It has been discovered that if you use flexible blades on a wind turbine it can dramatically increase its…
Boat to produce hydrogen from the ocean for clean energy storage
In a bid to prove the effectiveness of hydrogen as a renewable fuel, Victorien Erussard and Jérôme Delafosse will…
Hydronium-Ion Batteries Promise Sustainable Energy Storage
Developed by scientists at Oregon State University, a new hydronium-ion battery shows promise for sustainable,…
Hummingbird inspires novel wind turbine design
A new type of wind turbine has been developed by a Tunisian company called Tyer Wind, and is based on what the…
Marine biologists get crabby over offshore wind farms
More renewables is all good, right? Not quite. Normally, wind farms get a bad rap for deaths of birds and bats.…
Generator design is key to energy security
For decades, electricity has been the world’s fastest-growing form of end-use energy consumption, and forecasters…