A handful of start-ups are making mini turbines that go on top of city buildings and turn wind power into electricity. Photos: Harnessing wind Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2021, wind turbines generated over 9 percent of US utility-scale electricity. The majority of the turbines making up that figure are the horizontal-axis variety (a rotor mounted at the top of a ...

WindTrees presents a promising solution for the European Union's carbon neutrality goals. These are successfully installed globally, including locations in Europe, the United States, South Korea, ...

Wind is one of the Earth's most abundant natural energy resources, but harvesting every last wisp of energy from it can be tricky. Large, industrial wind turbines are expensive. They are also the ...

Researchers have discovered that two tiny, counter-rotating wind turbines working in tandem can generate 37% more power than a single turbine alone. This finding could unlock more efficient ways to ...

Sitting inside the minimalist-chic interior of Nestle, you’d never guess it used to be a wind turbine. From the outside, though, the tiny home’s former life is more apparent. Nestle has a caravan-like ...