Beyond clean power, offshore wind is fixing the ocean. Learn why aquatic wind turbines are doing a lot more than generating ...

As wind blows it generates kinetic energy, which is energy from movement. This turns the blades on a turbine, which then causes a shaft (drive shaft) within the system to rotate (view diagram below).

Over time, offshore wind turbines can serve as artificial reefs and in some cases can lead to more fish than there would have ...

In fact, the turbines were able to reach an efficiency of 53%, which is just shy of Betz's Law, a theorem that says no wind turbine would be able to convert more than about 59.3% of wind energy into ...

This story was originally published by The Conversation. Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and soybeans. You’ll also see towering wind turbines ...

China’s wind boom is usually framed as a climate story, a race to build turbines fast enough to keep up with soaring ...

China has become a global leader in renewable energy, and its investment in the sector is paying off. Here's how much revenue ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. After NextEra proposed a wind farm in ...

KEARNEY — Paula Peterson and her husband don’t expect to start selling power to their neighbors, but the O’Neill couple would like to install a wind turbine to help power their ranch. They weren’t ...

Facing staunch local opposition and federal roadblocks, new wind project development is teetering on the brink, despite growing power demand. Even Iowa, the nation’s most wind-powered state, is ...