Wind power has always been a trade off between clean energy and the visual, acoustic, and ecological cost of giant spinning blades. A new generation of radical designs promises something different, ...

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German manufacturer SkyWind has just become the first company to receive full certification for its compact wind turbine, the NG. The small but mighty wind spinners are easy to install atop home ...

People interested in reducing their carbon footprint, along with their monthly energy costs, have an array of options to consider. One of them is wind power. If you've narrowed down your options and ...

The turbines are small enough to be installed in home settings, and can reach a maximum height of 10 m (32.8 ft) to grab wind currents. The team also says the turbines could find use by disaster ...

Wind turbines on a hill above a farm home in southeastern Washington state in November. American homeowners may have been unfairly tarred with the NIMBY brush, with new research showing that wind ...

With winter said to reduce solar panels’ efficiency, 10 kW of power even during snowfalls could mean better, cleaner energy generation even during harsher winter conditions. With wind energy ...

As wind energy expands in the United States, concerns have grown about the potential for tall turbines to be a drag on property values. But a new nationwide study that analyzed data from 300 million ...