WindTronics is one of many wind companies trying to crack into the clean energy industry. Can it make wind power affordable and revitalize manufacturing at the same time? Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

The Wall of Wind can create Category 5 hurricane winds for testing life-size structures. Margi Rentis/Florida International University In an airplane hangar in Miami, engineers are recreating some of ...

(The Conversation) – In an airplane hangar in Miami, engineers are recreating some of the most powerful hurricane winds to ever strike land. These Category 5 winds can shatter a test building in the ...

Wind turbine sizes and, specifically, rotor blade lengths and tower heights are increasing. CT recently highlighted power provider Alstom’s (Levallois-Perret Cedex, France) installation of ...

From a distance, a downburst can look like a torrent of heavy rain. But at ground level, its behavior can be far more destructive. When a downburst’s winds hit the ground, they shoot out horizontally ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A 12-year-old state law designed to encourage ocean energy development and ...

Japan aims to start planning a national floating wind test centre next year, a senior industry official said, vowing to pursue a path of wind power growth despite a recent setback when Mitsubishi quit ...

Researchers used more than 100 giant fans to create hurricane-force winds in an experiment Tuesday that crumpled an ordinary home within minutes but left a better-built home standing at its side.

Panaji: Wind tunnel testing is currently in progress on the model of the twin towers to be constructed atop the new Zuari bridge. Once the wind tunnel test is completed, the designers will know the ...

According to this week's weather reports, it looks like we are set for a few days of heavy rain with "flooding and transport disruption" across much of the country. Welcome to the British summer ...