Think of a wind turbine and you’ll probably picture a tall vertical pole with three long blades spinning at the top. These traditional turbines were modeled after 17th-century Dutch windmills, but for ...

Floating wind power could be cost-competitive with conventional bottom-fixed offshore plants as early as next year, a new outfit working with Norwegian contracting giant Aibel has claimed as it pulled ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Keeping with this month's "cities" theme, I ...

US carmaker General Motors’ venture capital arm has led an investment round of up to $10m that will help fund development and commercialisation of Wind Catcher, an innovative 100-plus turbine floating ...

With people now opting for eco-sensitive designs, terms like ‘passive’ cooling and ‘natural’ cooling — common terminology used in the traditional architectural and building industry — are now ...

From ancient Egypt to the Persian Empire, an ingenious method of catching the breeze kept people cool for millennia. In the search for emissions-free cooling, the "wind catcher" could once again come ...

American Electric Power Co. Inc. generated much applause over the summer when it unveiled a $4.5 billion plan to invest in wind power centered in Oklahoma. But the regulatory reaction to the project — ...

Norwegian outfit Wind Catching Systems calculates innovative technology would transform economics and cut offshore wind farm acreage use by 80% Floating wind power could be cost-competitive with ...