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Wind farms: A danger to ultra-light aircraft?
For a motorized hangglider or a one-seater weighing 300 kilograms: the business of flying by ultra-light aircraft is booming. That is also why numerous…
Smart wireless power outlets
Soon there will be no need for special timers to switch lighting on and off or operate household appliances when the homeowner is absent. In future, all this…
Offshore use of vertical-axis wind turbines gets closer look
Though VAWTs have been around since the earliest days of wind energy research at Sandia and elsewhere, VAWT architecture could transform offshore wind…
Wind Turbine with Record-Breaking Rotors
Measuring 75 meters in length, the blades are almost as big as the wingspan of an Airbus A380. Beginning this fall, the B75 rotor blades will be installed into…
Breakthrough by U of T-led research team leads to record efficiency for next-generation solar cells
Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) and King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) have made a breakthrough in the development of…
Photovoltaics from any semiconductor
A technology that would enable low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material has been developed by researchers…