A new computational study shows that capping the open tips of helical J-shaped blades boosts vertical-axis wind turbine ...

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Swedish wind turbine maker SeaTwirl got the go-ahead to test its 1 megawatt (MW) S2X vertical-axis floating offshore prototype in Norway. In March 2022, Norway’s Ministry of Energy gave approval to ...

When you think of a wind turbine, the image that likely pops into your mind is the classic three-bladed giant rising from farmland or the sea. But over the years, designers and engineers have come up ...

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The floating wind industry is up to something. Instead of relying on the familiar three blades perched on a tall tower, new ...

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% ...

A consortium of companies in Japan is proceeding to the next phase of a project sponsored by the Japanese government to test the feasibility of large-scale floating vertical axis wind turbines. They ...

Norway's World Wide Wind has a radically different take on offshore wind power. These floating, vertical-axis wind turbines feature two sets of blades, tuned to contra-rotate – and they promise more ...

WWW CTO Hans Bernhoff built a vertical-axis wind turbine prototype some 10 years ago, incorporating some of the ideas behind the new contra-rotating floating turbine design The first small, 400 W ...

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