The WTTC opened in 2011 and has since evolved to test longer wind turbine blades (Credit: DOE) When WTTC opened in 2011, it tested land-based wind turbine blades that typically spanned around 50 ...

A new system using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of embedded-control software releases keeps turbines up on the farm For its wind turbine control systems, Siemens’ engineers faced the challenge ...

When comparing the efficiency of different wind turbine blade designs, [AdamEnt] found using a hair dryer wasn’t the best tool for the job. Enter his new 3D-printed wind tunnel. After several ...

Kawasaki and Vestas spin-off BladeRobots are testing crewless helicopters and robots to automate dangerous wind turbine blade ...

China tests the world’s first airborne wind energy system, generating clean power at high altitudes using a helium-lifted ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wyoming's incessant gales have attracted the first commercial wind turbine-testing facility in the United States. With a matching state grant, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. will ...

AMES, Iowa – Hydraulic equipment in two civil engineering labs recently pushed and pulled at test sections of a new kind of wind turbine tower, simulating the heavy, twisting loads that towers have to ...

In Yibin, Sichuan, a helium-filled S2000 airborne wind energy system was successfully tested at 2,000m, generating 385 kWh ...

China has unveiled plans for seismic investment in wind power to boost its capacity for cleaner energy. As Interesting Engineering detailed, a memo from Huaneng, one of the nation's largest power ...

A megawatt-class airborne wind power system, resembling a fantasy airship and developed by a Beijing-based company, ...

World's first megawatt-class urban-used high-altitude wind power system - the S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System ...

It is the year 2035. In a world facing climate catastrophe, the human enterprise is powered by fields of wind farms, with turbine blades made from fast-growing grasses and the roots of a ...