Until recently, the only viable option for harvesting wind for power was to erect one of those colossal propellers commonly found on rural wind farms. Several building owners have successfully ...
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A Wyoming-based startup just broke ground on a next-generation wind farm—and its modular turbines could be cheaper, faster to build, and more efficient than today’s pinwheel-shaped turbines. Airloom’s ...
As Massachusetts races to meet its clean energy goals, will more wind turbines dot the ridge lines of the Berkshires? Ask Francis Pullaro that, and the president of RENEW Northeast starts to chuckle. ...
In fact, the turbines were able to reach an efficiency of 53%, which is just shy of Betz's Law, a theorem that says no wind turbine would be able to convert more than about 59.3% of wind energy into ...
We’re motoring out to Vineyard Wind on a hired boat, a private cabin cruiser. At the horizon, the field of turbines gradually comes into clearer view. We hope to answer some of the questions that ...