AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University engineers, researchers and educators want to be part of America’s wind energy solution. And so they’re building programs and partnerships to boost the university’s ...

A student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has his sights set on improving the efficiency of wind turbines. Jie Cheng, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, has developed a system that ...

Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... a 20,000 cubic-meter power-generating airship, floating 6,560 ft (2,000 meters) above the ground. Introducing the S2000 stratospheric airborne ...

Wind energy offers massive potential, but scaling it creates complex challenges for power grids. From costly gearbox failures to the need for rare earth materials in direct-drive systems, maintenance ...

Planned 400-acre Pier Wind terminal at California's Port of Long Beach would support fabrication, assembly, and deployment of floating offshore wind turbines. October 15, 2025 California has awarded ...

A presidential memorandum signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 suspended the leasing and permitting of federal spaces for offshore wind development, rattling faculty and students in Tufts’ ...

The $715-million Charybdis offshore wind installation vessel, on right, built at a Texas shipyard, has a 426-ft crane that can lift up to 2,200 tonnes. It is the first to comply with federal law that ...

In order for wind turbines to function effectively across wide ranges of wind conditions, you’ll need what’s known as blade pitch control. Lucy Pao, the Palmer Endowed Chair Professor in the ...

An exceptionally odd clean energy project backed by Bill Gates has broken ground near Rock River, Wyoming, where a wind turbine that turns convention on its head will get a chance to prove its ...