A concept rendering of offshore vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs). What makes renewable energy so exciting is the immense economic potential of groundbreaking technology advancements. A recent ...

Wind energy researchers are re-evaluating vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) to help solve some of the problems of generating energy from offshore breezes. Sandia National Laboratories' wind energy ...

A cutting-edge vertical axis turbine (VAWT) will undergo trials near Adelaide through a partnership between Australia's Flinders University and start-up VAWT-X Energy. The team has developed and ...

World Wide Wind, a Norway-based company, is now developing a new type of floating Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), as reported by Interesting Engineering. Engineers believe that the VAWT can make a ...

The search for clean energy is advancing in a way never seen before with the help of new technologies. The latest version of this wind turbine, among other incredible discoveries, may be the ultimate ...

EPFL researchers developed optimal pitch profiles for vertical-axis wind turbines using a genetic learning algorithm. The new pitch profiles resulted in a 200% increase in turbine efficiency and a 77% ...

The pioneering SeaTwirl vertical axis floating wind turbine (VAWT) has bagged its first commercial deal. SeaTwirl said it has secured an agreement that includes a smaller-capacity version of its ...

Small vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) possess the ability to effectively operate in the presence of high turbulent flow, which makes them ideal energy harvesting devices in urban and suburban ...

With wind turbines gaining far more attention as a contender to solar panels, there is one such wind turbine that is worth looking at and considering when thinking of what a sustainable future could ...

Mangaluru: Udupi Tollway Pvt Ltd is installing India's first rooftop 10 kW vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) at the Hejamadi ...

As inevitable realities intrude, Dabiri's envisioned VAWT arrays will likely become a very useful niche generation technology for specific areas where horizontal axis turbines are precluded. His more ...