How Nature Is Powering the Future of Wind Energy
Wind energy has become one of the fastest-growing renewable power sources in the world—and nature may hold the key to making it even better. Through biomimicry, engineers are studying the…
Nature-Inspired Innovations Boosting Wind Turbine Efficiency
As the world races toward clean energy, engineers are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration. From bird wings to whale fins, natural designs have evolved over millions of years to…
China’s Airborne Wind Turbine Innovation: Taking Clean Energy to New Heights
China has taken a major leap in renewable energy technology with the successful flight of an advanced airborne wind turbine capable of generating energy at the megawatt scale. Harnessing High-Altitude…
Tiny homes born from turbines: how a nacelle became “compact living”
When Vattenfall and Dutch circular-design studio Superuse pulled a retired V80 nacelle off a 20-year-old Austrian turbine, they didn’t send the 33-foot shell to landfill—they kitted it out with a…
Omni-Directional Turbines Could Change Small-Scale Urban Wind Power
Imagine a wind turbine that doesn’t have to turn to face the breeze—it just keeps spinning no matter where the air comes from. That’s the promise of omni-directional wind turbines…