The Honeywell Wind Turbine is a gearless turbine that generates power from the blade tips rather than through a center shaft. By claiming to practically eliminate mechanical resistance and drag, the Honeywell Wind Turbine creates power (2000 kWh/yr) and operates in a greater range of wind speeds (2-45 mph) than traditional wind turbines. The Honeywell [...]

The U.S. market for small wind turbines with capacities of 100 kilowatts and less, grew 78 percent in 2008, with a total of 17.3 megawatts of new installed capacity, according to a new study from The American Wind Energy Association. About 38.7 MW of new small wind capacity was installed globally in 2008. AWEA recently [...]

Risø, the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark, is conducting researching on improving the efficiency of wind turbine blades by adding plastic edges on the blades. Helge Aagaard Madsen, who is a research specialist on the project, explains, “Providing the blade with a movable trailing edge it is possible to control [...]

Think you have to spend a bunch of money to buy contraption to be a member of the wind turbine club? Think again. Rooftop wind turbines are becoming more and more popular. Rooftop turbines send the electricity they generate straight on to the homeowner’s circuit box, thus reducing their utility bills while using a renewable [...]

With the wind industry booming, many owners of wind farms built during California’s wind boom of the 1980s are thinking about upgrading their wind turbines. However, with everyone thinking greener these days, many are finding alternatives to sending their worn-out wind turbines to the junk yard. An increasing number of new companies are buying up [...]

Southwest Windpower CEO Andy Kruse is currently in Washington lobbying the government for better small wind turbine subsidies. Individual homeowners would stand to benefit, as the Skystream wind turbine would fall under this new subsidizing should it be approved. Currently the wind power stimulus package has a $4,000 cap on it. Kruse would like to [...]

The Mariah Power Windspire recently received Popular Science’s stamp of approval when it won a Green Tech award in their December issue. The award represents a significant step forward in a given category. The Windspire solves a few problems that traditional wind turbines run into. Zoning laws that prohibit the height that a typical wind [...]

When it comes to wind energy, most people think of collections of huge wind turbines that pump large amounts of electricity into the grid. However, with people more and more interested saving a buck – as well as the planet – there has been a growing interest in backyard-scale wind turbines. These smaller machines can [...]