Rainier Square Tower, under construction in Seattle, is one of the buildings considered for the development of a performance-based wind design manual for tall buildings. Photo Courtesy of ...

From floating mega-turbines to AI-powered micro wind systems, these breakthroughs redefined what wind energy can achieve.

Composite materials are ideal for producing wind turbine blades because of their strength, light weight, and ability to be tailored to provide the precise mechanical properties needed for any blade ...

Washington, D.C.—The American Wood Council recently introduced four new standards, which are referenced in the 2015 International Building Code (IBC). This includes the 2015 National Design ...

Norwegian industrial giant Hydro and compatriot next-generation offshore wind technology developer World Wide Wind (WWW) plan to explore using recycled aluminium to build a potentially revolutionary ...

Previously there has been no single software tool available on the market that covers both wind turbine and substructure design analysis in one analysis package. Now Fedem Technology and DNV Software ...

In a long-awaited, historic step toward “real" not cookbook wind engineering, the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers recently issued a recommended alternative ...

British start-up Floating Energy System’s innovative ‘stinger keel’ floating wind platform design has moved a key step forward in its development, with model tests completed at compatriot HR ...

Thanks to the high cost of living in big cities and the advent of video communication there are some fascinating people living in New Orleans There are twin economic and technological shifts taking ...

• Gearboxes with high step-up ratios tend to give horizontal wind turbines poor efficiency when wind speeds are low. • One way to eliminate wind-turbine bird kills: Locate turbines far out at sea.

Buildings with integrated wind turbines could generate at least 20 percent of their own energy needs, and perhaps all. They would be more power efficient than ordinary wind farms or solar powered ...