Wind Power Innovations

The lightweight rotors help the turbine approach the theoretical limit for wind power generation

Energy

Household turbine outputs 83% more power, even in low-wind areas

Thanks to the development of new, lightweight rotors, engineers in Germany have created a small wind turbine that excels at efficiency, even when breezes aren't blowing strongly. The development is a big step toward efficient green home power generation.

Windlift's drone will autonomously fly in endless figure-eights, generating 30 kWh of power

Energy

Flying in figure-eights to generate electricity off-grid

It's only fitting that the company generating electricity by loop-de-looping a ground-tethered winged drone is from North Carolina. After all, North Carolina is the birthplace of human flight.

Energy

Motionless turbines deliver super-efficient wind energy to BMW's factory

Aeromine has installed a silent and motionless wind energy harnessing system on the roof of BMW's MINI manufacturing plant in Oxford, UK. They're meant to complement the factory's solar panels to produce clean energy, while taking up a lot less space.