A German energy startup company called KiteKRAFT has just completed successful testing of an innovative flying wind turbine ...

The blades of propellers and wind turbines are designed based on aerodynamics ... With this theory, engineers can start with a given rotor design and configuration, and determine the maximum ...

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1 (January to June, 2011), pp. 15-23 (9 pages) Abstract: Wind energy is a very popular renewable energy resource. In order to increase the ...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new physics-based model of airflow around rotors that could help optimize both turbine and wind farm design. Just as a boat ...