Wind power generation in the U.S. is enjoying favorable winds. First, the cost of wind turbine installations has dropped by over one-third since 2010 as the capacity of turbines increased. Next, ...

With over 350,000 wind turbines currently in use globally, wind continues to be one of the fastest growing forms of renewable energy. In 2021, 93.6 GW of new installations brought global cumulative ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global wind turbine pitch system market is expected to post a CAGR of more than 4% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by Technavio ...

The ERS Series of electrically-released, spring-engaged brakes serve as pitch brakes for wind turbine applications that require both “static” holding power and the ability to withstand high inertia ...

Researchers have used a genetic learning algorithm to identify optimal pitch profiles for the blades of vertical-axis wind turbines, which despite their high energy potential, have until now been ...

Wind Engineering, Vol. 45, No. 5 (October 2021), pp. 1206-1221 (16 pages) In this paper, a theory and practice-based research is conducted using real data, in order to increase the efficiency of a ...

A startup developing robots to clean and inspect wind turbines has just secured $30 million. Aerones' robots increase the efficiency and safety of wind turbine maintenance. We asked the company's CEO ...

EPFL researchers developed optimal pitch profiles for vertical-axis wind turbines using a genetic learning algorithm. The new pitch profiles resulted in a 200% increase in turbine efficiency and a 77% ...