With the California blackouts of 2001 still a painful memory, Chris Beaudoin wants to generate some of his own electricity. He marveled the other day at how close he is to that goal, gazing at two new ...
How my portable wind turbine compares to solar panels - 2 years of testing later ...
Are consumers and businesses ready for small turbines or 'building-integrated' wind generators? Companies such as AeroVironment are hoping so. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...
Wind power just became a lot more accessible. Canadian company Aurea has developed a portable wind turbine that fits in your backpack. Called Shine, it weighs just three pounds, it’s about the size of ...
My years of hands-on testing show that while solar energy is straightforward, portable wind turbines require constant ...
A typical wind turbine is massive—roughly as tall as the Statue of Liberty, with blades that stretch wider than a football field. (Some are even bigger, like a new offshore turbine from Siemens that ...
FREEN, an innovator in wind energy, introduces a line of small wind turbines that utilize efficient and environmentally friendly Darrieus rotor technology. FREEN's wind generators are fundamentally ...
Until recently, the only viable option for harvesting wind for power was to erect one of those colossal propellers commonly found on rural wind farms. Several building owners have successfully ...