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Optimal design could unlock the potential of bladeless wind turbines
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Optimal design could unlock the potential of bladeless wind turbines

Credit: Renewable Energy (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.123549 Insights from a new study could help unlock the full potential of a developing form of smaller-scale...

Trump admin ends halt on New York offshore wind project
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Trump admin ends halt on New York offshore wind project

Trump has repeatedly expressed opposition to wind energy, claiming turbines are unsightly and dangerous. President Donald Trump’s administration has reversed its halt on...

A simple, scalable flutter-driven wind energy harvester
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A simple, scalable flutter-driven wind energy harvester

by Shubham Giri, Umesh Kumar Patel, V. Kartik, Amit Agrawal, Rajneesh Bhardwaj Superimposed images of the plate’s instantaneous shapes at different time instances....

The cost of keeping wind turbines out of sight
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The cost of keeping wind turbines out of sight

A new study shows how keeping wind farms and solar parks hidden from view could affect the future of energy in Germany. Credit:...

Tycoon Mike Lynch’s yacht toppled by ‘extreme wind’, UK investigators say | Investigation News
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Tycoon Mike Lynch’s yacht toppled by ‘extreme wind’, UK investigators say | Investigation News

Interim report into sinking of superyacht that killed 7 off coast of Sicily said the vessel was ‘vulnerable’ to strong winds. Investigators in...

Danish firm Orsted halts huge UK offshore wind farm project
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Danish firm Orsted halts huge UK offshore wind farm project

Orsted posed lower-than-expected sales in the first quarter. Danish renewables firm Orsted said Wednesday it was shelving plans to build a massive wind...

NASA studies wind effects and aircraft tracking with Joby aircraft
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NASA studies wind effects and aircraft tracking with Joby aircraft

One of several NASA distributed sensing ground nodes is set up in the foreground while an experimental air taxi aircraft owned by Joby...

Vietnam ups wind, solar targets as energy demand soars
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Vietnam ups wind, solar targets as energy demand soars

Solar power grew rapidly in Vietnam until 2020 but its success hit a roadblock due to infrastructure limitations. Vietnam has dramatically increased its...

Wind and solar power opponents make headway in state legislatures
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Wind and solar power opponents make headway in state legislatures

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain On a recent day when the wind gusted close to 40 miles per hour, 82-year-old George Neill was making...