Solar-Friendly Rooftop Wind Turbine Aims To Beat The Odds
A new cost-cutting business model could help propel rooftop wind turbines off the sidelines and into the decarbonization game.
Wind Turbines
Vestas May Expand Even Faster Onshore By Not Aiming For Even Bigger Wind Turbines
A couple of years ago when I visited the gigantic wind turbine test site at Østerild in northern Denmark, I wondered how big these things would end up being. It seems the efficiency limit is about to be within reach, and while this may not be the case in technical … [continued]
Recyclable, Plant-Based Material Could Take a Spin on Next Generation of Wind Turbines
About three years ago, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Robynne Murray, Nicholas Rorrer, and their team set out on a mission to make an easily recycled resin to serve as the central glue holding a wind turbine blade together. They began by formulating their resin in thimble-sized vials at the lab … [continued]
New Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Features Vertical Axis Technology
A new floating offshore wind turbine deploys vertical axis technology to cut costs and simplify the supply chain.
Vineyard Wind 1 Installs First 853-Foot-Tall GE Haliade-X Wind Turbines
The project will generate clean, renewable, affordable energy for over 400,000 homes and businesses across Massachusetts while reducing carbon emissions by over 1.6 million tons per year.
Craziest Ever Wind Turbine Is Not So Crazy After All
The enemies of offshore wind energy are claiming a victory this week, but they are about to lose the war. Offshore projects are continuing to make progress in the US, and new low cost wind turbine innovations are also taking shape. In the latest example, the Wyoming startup Airloom Energy … [continued]
Rotating Laser on Texas Wind Turbine to Improve Accuracy of Wind Industry Simulation Tools
In partnership with General Electric (GE), and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) successfully installed and deployed a device called a spinner lidar on the hub — the structure that connects blades to … [continued]
NREL Analysis Identifies Drivers of Offshore Wind Development
As much as 20% of regional power needs along the Atlantic coast could be served by offshore wind farms by 2050, according to researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) who modeled deployment of this emerging U.S. energy sector in new depth and detail. The … [continued]
Building Better Blades: Renewed Funding Supports Wind Turbine Blade Innovations
Additional Research Will Enable NREL To Advance Sustainability and Efficiency in Blade Manufacturing Wind turbines are getting bigger, and so are turbine blades, which need to be made of durable materials if they are going to keep functioning for 20 or more years. And at the end of their lifespan, … [continued]
Offshore Wind Stakeholders Fan The Fires Of Hope Despite Setbacks
Hope for the US offshore wind industry springs eternal, and a new single-blade floating wind turbine could ride to the rescue.
