A new system using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of embedded-control software releases keeps turbines up on the farm For its wind turbine control systems, Siemens’ engineers faced the challenge ...

The WTTC opened in 2011 and has since evolved to test longer wind turbine blades (Credit: DOE) When WTTC opened in 2011, it tested land-based wind turbine blades that typically spanned around 50 ...

When comparing the efficiency of different wind turbine blade designs, [AdamEnt] found using a hair dryer wasn’t the best tool for the job. Enter his new 3D-printed wind tunnel. After several ...

Aikido Technologies, a U.S. startup developing floating offshore wind platforms, announced a new product concept that merges wind turbine foundations with onboard data centers into a single steel ...

MidAmerican's radar that will turn on wind turbine warning lights when a plane is detected. Residents of four Iowa counties may notice there are no red lights now blinking in the night sky.

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and ...

China has unveiled plans for seismic investment in wind power to boost its capacity for cleaner energy. As Interesting Engineering detailed, a memo from Huaneng, one of the nation's largest power ...

AMES, Iowa – Hydraulic equipment in two civil engineering labs recently pushed and pulled at test sections of a new kind of wind turbine tower, simulating the heavy, twisting loads that towers have to ...

The share of wind power in total electric power generation is expected to increase, and with that comes a requirement for this carbon-free source to be more reliable. The most important component of a ...

It is the year 2035. In a world facing climate catastrophe, the human enterprise is powered by fields of wind farms, with turbine blades made from fast-growing grasses and the roots of a ...

Offshore wind turbines could house up to a 12-megawatt data center, drawing wind power while using the cold sea water for cooling.