A cardboard fin is used to make the propeller face the wind but there ... check out the most straightforward wind turbine.

LONDON, England (CNN)-- A typical exchange about wind farms tends to go like this: 'Are you in favor of wind farms?' 'Yes, of course I am...so long as they're nowhere near my house'. Nevertheless ...

The clever part of this hack lies then in the rotor, it’s not the propeller-style bladed ... which make a rudimentary but effective turbine when the wind comes from the side.

Farmers once used windmills to grind their grains and pump water. Today, more and more wind turbines wring electricity from the breeze. Over the past decade, wind turbine use has increased more ...

Lifting and installation of the turbine propellers began at the end of last ... The three massive wind turbines, measuring 29 meter in diameter, are supported by bridges spanning between the ...

Researchers developed a process to recycle glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), a common material in wind turbine blades. They cut the lightweight material into two-inch blocks, soaked them in ...

The ship, Blue Wind, is actually one of the world’s largest wind turbine installation vessels ... revealing its massive screw propellers. According to Shimizu, crew members are receiving ...

When we think of wind energy, wind turbines naturally spring to mind ... drawing wind behind an internal propeller to generate electricity. “Our “motionless” wind energy technology is ...