When most of today’s wind projects were developed, first costs were the focus; operations and maintenance (O&M) costs were largely unknown. Now, with hundreds of turbine models in operation—sometimes ...

Jari Toikkanen, manager of the research and test group at Moventas, a tier-one wind turbine gearbox supplier, has seen the number of noise and vibration tests ordered by wind turbine original ...

Conservative estimates suggest that there are at least one-quarter of a million wind turbines currently installed worldwide. In the next four years, the global wind turbine market is expected to add ...

SCHAUMBURG, IL--(Marketwired - September 23, 2014) - Planning maintenance activities on wind turbine generators, rather than dealing with emergencies, can result in significant reductions in operating ...

Wind power has always been a trade off between clean energy and the visual, acoustic, and ecological cost of giant spinning ...

We’ve all got a pretty good mental image of the traditional wind-powered generator: essentially a big propeller on a stick. Some might also be familiar with vertical wind turbines, which can operate ...

Transforming the pathway to energy consumption is renewable energy, with one of the latest inventions being the bladeless wind turbines. They are elegant and vibration-oriented gadgets that help to ...

Wind turbines are producing an ever-greater share of the world’s energy mix, especially of generated electricity. Wind generators continue to get taller and to realize greater production capacity, but ...

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys recap a week of hacks. A telescope mirror that can change shape and a helicopter without a swashplate lead the charge for fascinating engineering.