Siemens have designed a new offshore wind turbine which is optimized to work efficiently on high seas. Siemens want to reduce the cost of electricity production by wind turbines, It's goal is to reduce cost upto 10 euro cents for 1 kWh of electricity by...
Category "Wind Energy"
Energy from wind
Flaps can extend the lifespan of wind turbines
In Europe, wind energy is the second largest source of energy. But the energy production from the offshore wind turbine is too costly. Offshore winds...
A wind flow predictor for turbines
European countries have generated electricity from wind turbine for decades and have optimised this technology far better than others. Their wind turbines are designed smartly...
Innovative Wind Turbine Monitor announced by WHOI
WHOI (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) issued the Patent for automatic turbine control by sensing of surrounding. Among all the available energy sources, Wind energy is...
How Vortex Bladeless Turbines Generate Energy
Traditional blade-turbines have long been known to generate energy from wind. Now, bladeless ones will change the history! Vortex bladeless turbines are wind-driven generators that...
Wind Energy And Its Applications For Wind Farms
Wind energy is the energy that comes from wind power, and it represents a conventional renewable energy source. It is used for mechanical energy for...
Find Out More About Alternative Energy
Alternative energy is a form of any renewable energy sources that is an alternative to conventional energy sources such as fossil fuels. The transition from conventional energy...
[NREL] NREL Advances Feedforward Control in Turbines
Researchers use lidar and feedforward algorithms to improve rotor speed regulation and reduce costs of maintenance and operation. Controlling rotor speed in response to changes in wind conditions is...
[NREL] NREL Software Models Performance of Wind Plants
Simulator fOr Wind Farm Applications helps optimize layouts and controls of wind plant arrays. In 2014, researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) launched the Simulator fOr...
[NREL] New Framework Transforms FAST Wind Turbine Modeling Tool
A recent overhaul of the tool makes it a powerful, robust, and flexible modeling software to aid the development of innovative wind and water power technologies. The...