A typical wind turbine is massive—roughly as tall as the Statue of Liberty, with blades that stretch wider than a football field. (Some are even bigger, like a new offshore turbine from Siemens that ...

Wind power just became a lot more accessible. Canadian company Aurea has developed a portable wind turbine that fits in your backpack. Called Shine, it weighs just three pounds, it’s about the size of ...

It has become the first company in the world to receive full certification from the ICC Small Wind Certification Council for the micro turbine. The certification tests were conducted in the US state ...

Are consumers and businesses ready for small turbines or 'building-integrated' wind generators? Companies such as AeroVironment are hoping so. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

Wind energy is taking off all over again. This time, literally. In China, a multi-institute research and development project has created a series of large-scale floating turbine prototypes. The helium ...

A state analysis of microwind turbines shows that they didn't hit their performance targets because of poor siting and a lack of reliable wind resource data. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

Discover how to build a mini vertical axis wind turbine using simple materials such as a wooden stick, metallic sheet, PVC pipe, and an aluminum frame. This step-by-step guide demonstrates the ...

French startup reveals rooftop system with PV panels, mini wind turbines French startup Unéole has developed a rooftop system that combines solar and silent wind turbines. It claims its system can ...

Ibis Power, a Dutch renewables architecture specialist, has developed a hybrid solar and wind power system for the rooftops of buildings with at least fives floors. The company claims the ready-made ...

FREEN, an innovator in wind energy, introduces a line of small wind turbines that utilize efficient and environmentally friendly Darrieus rotor technology. FREEN's wind generators are fundamentally ...

China’s push for greener manufacturing is encouraging factories to generate more of their own clean electricity. Within industrial parks, small wind turbines are increasingly deployed alongside ...

BMW Group said it had installed the UK’s claimed first ‘motionless’ wind energy system at its Mini plant in Oxford. The system uses Aeromine Technologies technology to use wind power to produce ...