Art indeed imitates life as the latest design in vertical axis wind turbines hits prototype testing. Designed by Laura Sink while attending the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, the Natura Levo – translated Nature Lift, is a state-of-the-art VAWT with two nonconforming blades that are able to catch wind coming from any direction. Inspiration behind the Natura Levo design…

In the video, the European Wind Energy Association pushes vigorously to begin developing offshore wind farms around the continent. The proponent organization goes on to claim that the renewable energy resource holds the ability to power Europe 7 times over; adding that it is “Europe’s largest domestic energy resource” and would offer new green jobs as well as energy…

Perdue University Extension renewable energy specialist, Chad Martin, explains the rewarding potential that wind power holds for rural farmers with land to spare, professing that commercial-scale wind farms present rural property-owners with the chance to gain residual income as well as produce clean, alternative energy. He considers the wind industry an once-in-a-lifetime break for the agricultural population…

Green Energy Technologies has installed its first fully operational commercial-scale WindCube in a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning on the roof of the new Crown Battery Renewable Energy Center in Port Clinton’s Lake Erie Business Park. The preliminary testing for the site has determined that winds traveling at about 14 mph could support about 150,000 kWh of generated renewable energy each year; helping to counterbalance the center’s energy utilization…

The Cape Cod Commission, town of Barnstable and the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound have requested a superpermit for a proposed wind farm in offshore Massachusetts. The groups plead to the state’s highest court to repeal a judgment by the Energy Facilities Siting Board, who decided that nine regional permits…