A typical wind turbine is massive—roughly as tall as the Statue of Liberty, with blades that stretch wider than a football field. (Some are even bigger, like a new offshore turbine from Siemens that ...

Are consumers and businesses ready for small turbines or 'building-integrated' wind generators? Companies such as AeroVironment are hoping so. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

The small wind turbine market has experienced significant growth in the United States. Since 1980, more than 155,000 units have been installed to provide electricity to homes, businesses and ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says state owned company is 'at the heart of our mission to take back control of our energy from ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio businesses, farmers and industries have been installing small, medium and even large wind turbines for more than a decade, and the state is now ranked sixth in the nation for ...

Crowdfunding has come to the small wind generation field with an Indiegogo campaign intended for an interesting target niche: a small wind generator designed to be clipped onto solar panels. According ...

A state analysis of microwind turbines shows that they didn't hit their performance targets because of poor siting and a lack of reliable wind resource data. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

To some, the hulking wind turbines used to generate about 4 percent of the electricity consumed in the U.S. are eye-sores. Some argue they are a blight on America’s most majestic plains, hills and ...

Kansas City-based Skystream Energy recently launched a newly updated wind turbine focused on homes, farms and small ...

Wind turbines are producing an ever-greater share of the world’s energy mix, especially of generated electricity. Wind generators continue to get taller and to realize greater production capacity, but ...

Hampton could be the second wind farm in Australia to use refurbished turbines – if it can get an anxious community on board.

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