Wind Energy
SWiFT Commissioned to Study Wind Farm Optimization
The event featured speakers from the DOE’s Wind Program, Vestas Wind Systems, Sandia and Texas Tech.“The Energy Department’s wind testing facilities, including…
Official Starting Signal for Research Alliance for Wind Energy
Representatives of the three partners, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), ForWind, the Center for Wind Energy Research of the Universities Oldenburg, Hannover…
Sandia Labs benchmark helps wind industry measure success
Until now, wind farm owners and operators had no way to compare their output with the output of similar operations. To benchmark the reliability of the U.S….
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…
Altaeros Energies Achieves Breakthrough in High Altitude Wind Power
The company recently completed testing of a 35-foot scale prototype of the Altaeros Airborne Wind Turbine (AWT) at the Loring Commerce Center in Limestone,…
Solution for increasing energy demand: RUB-researchers are developing aqueous lithium-ion battery
The global energy demand is still increasing. However, today's concepts for power generation aren't able to deliver the amount of electricity, which is needed…