Re-Inventing “the Windmill”

Source: thearchimedes.com Published: April 25, 2017  The Dutch have a reputation for obtaining energy by means of a windmill. This energy was used for all kinds of purposes, such as milling of raw material, water pumping, etc .. Today, the windmill is a means to...

Can Kite Power Revolutionize the Wind Industry?

Source: ecowatch.com Published: January 30, 2017 Nexus Media By Owen Agnew Rod Read, an engineer and stay-at-home dad, lives on the remote Isle of Lewis in Scotland. For the past seven years, he’s been designing a kite that he thinks could revolutionize wind power....

Dutch Trains Are World’s First to Run on 100% Wind Power

Source: ecowatch.com Published: January 10, 2017 Lorraine Chow The Netherlands, aka Windmill Country, is now operating 100 percent of its electric trains with wind energy. As of Jan. 1, 600,000 daily train passengers have been traveling completely carbon neutral,...

Innovative Wind Turbine Technology

Source: linkedin.com Published: January 3, 2017 Overview Innovative Wind Turbine Technology Developed by Formula One aerodynamics and materials engineers, Anakata’s patented ‘Accelerator Technology’ and ‘micro-downstream’ uses leading-edge technology to create a...

Kites Could Soon Power An Entire Region of Scotland

Source: motherboard.vice.com Published: October 11, 2016 Image: Wikimedia The kite-powered system could reduce the cost of offshore wind energy by about 50 percent. by Madison Margolin Kites are no longer just kids’ toys gliding in the wind. By 2025, they will...

Spanish Streetlight Powered by The Sun and The Wind

Source: newatlas.com Published: January 20, 2015 The UPC/Eolgreen streetlights incorporate both solar panels and a wind turbine (Photo: Eolgreen) By Ben Coxworth If you’re trying to save power, you generally don’t leave your lights on all night. With a few...