For many environmental enthusiasts, horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) — the kind that look like windmills slowly spinning in the distance — are a pretty familiar sight. Unfortunately ...

Using the kits, students can build their own wind turbines, test a variety of blade designs, generate electricity, lift weights, and conduct a number of experiments. The KidWind Basic Wind ...

Wind farms are critical to building better energy grids, but most turbines still come with a hefty catch. Once decommissioned, their massive metal blades often simply end up in landfills—and ...

These ran around a pole on either end with each having a generator for a claimed total of 200 kW. Ultimately Transpower seems to have gone under along with many other wind power pioneers of the ...

"These compact vertical turbines are successfully ... become a tool in our kit for cooling Earth and making a healthier world ...