Category: Wind Energy

The Persian windmills of Nashtifan, northwest Iran, are about to be silenced forever after grinding grain for the people of this town for more than a millennium. Considered the oldest in the world, these mills that have also been declared a national heritage by the Iranian government were the germ of a structure that, from

Wind farm Germany. Image: Rudmer Zwerver Shutterstock New updated data on global wind capacity, gathered in the new WoodMac study, forecasts annual increases of 71 GW of capacity from 2019-2023 and 76 GW until 2028. Global wind capacity will grow 60% in the next five years. It is backed by Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables,

Giraffe 2.0 is a hybrid power generation station ready to charge anything from your electric car to your home, all with wind and solar power. It is capable of producing between 10,000 – 13,800 kWh per year even in countries with low solar radiation and moderate winds – providing power 24 hours a day, all

Designers Marcos Madia, Sergio Ohashi and Juan Manuel Pantano are responsible for the Eolic project, a portable wind generator concept whose mission would be to bring clean energy to small isolated facilities. The structure, fully foldable and built with super light materials such as aluminum and carbon, is designed to be deployed and assembled to

Wind power that can be operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, wind energy available even when the wind is not blowing. This is the objective of two companies, Max Boegl Wind AG and GE Renewable Energy, designing what will be the first wind turbine with an integrated mini-hydroelectric plant. This is not

A 260-meter colossus with 107-meter long blades: the new Haliade-X wind turbine, General Electric’s new bet, will be developed in the next three years. The offshore wind has taught us to dream big. In the last ten years, turbines have tripled their power, cut their foundations, tested cutting-edge materials and reached record heights. The last

New research has assessed the performance of US wind farms over the years. The first comprehensive study of US wind facilities shows relatively low levels of performance decline over the years. US wind plants maintain 87% of their peak performance after 17 years, and newer plants show almost no loss of performance during the first

It is a project for the democratization of energy, through the installation and maintenance of a wind turbine with the capacity to generate electricity for 2,000 families. Viure de l’aire. An initiative developed by the Industrial Engineer Pep Puig. It emerged in 2009, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the installation of the first wind

Turbines of 200 meters high, 50 meters of blade, a power of up to 50 megawatts and low cost. It is the future of wind energy that, in order to compete with other sustainable sources, needs to move towards structures of greater height and power greater than those currently marketed, which are around 8 MW.

One of the biggest challenges in nature adventures today is not having electricity. In the middle of a forest or on a mountain, it is impossible to have access to electrical networks. Thus, the only alternative is to use accessories that generate energy with natural resources. One of these designs is the mini wind turbine