If you’ve got a property with some outdoor space and plenty of wind, you might consider throwing up a windmill to generate some electricity. Indeed, [The Broject List] did just that. Only, his ...

Multiple studies have demonstrated wind and solar power remain more expensive than historically traditional sources of electricity, such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydropower, and Energy ...

There’s nothing clean nor cheap about wind power. Without government largesse, aka taxes and credits, it doesn’t get built. Without rare earth mining and the “cost“ in environmental damages, it ...

In fact, the turbines were able to reach an efficiency of 53%, which is just shy of Betz's Law, a theorem that says no wind turbine would be able to convert more than about 59.3% of wind energy into ...

Vestas Wind Systems, Siemens and Suzlon Energy may be left with underused U.S. factories as cheap natural gas and a lack of federal support cuts wind turbine deliveries in 2010 by 50 percent. June 3, ...

Cheap energy has always been the quiet engine of global growth, but the scale and speed of today's shift are different. As ...

One of the big challenges we face regarding climate change is that we have to lower our emissions at a time when energy consumption is likely to grow. Many countries in the Global South will seek some ...

The wind is free, but the cost of harnessing its power doesn't come cheaply. Each wind turbine can cost more than $1 million. Transporting the power from western Oklahoma to the population centers is ...