http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Katru Eco-Energy, headed by founder and inventor, Varan Sureshan, has developed a new kind of wind turbine meant to capture the winds that fly in all directions atop big buildings, and unlike conventional devices, the IMPLUX, as it’s called, can capture wind from any direction as it stands; meaning without having to be repositioned or pointed. The IMPLUX achieves this feat by means of horizontal turbine blades that sit atop a vertical axis and are turned by wind that is pushed up through what Sureshan calls a "fluid dynamic gate." http://phys.org/news224762388.html Technology Mon, 16 May 2011 11:30:01 EST news224762388 A University of Nottingham professor is to outline his vision for a UK powered completely by renewable energy by 2030 in an open lecture taking place later this month. http://phys.org/news195382247.html Technology Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:10:02 EST news195382247 (PhysOrg.com) -- Airborne wind turbines may soon be generating power from high-altitude winds to provide consistent, clean, cheap, and abundant energy for a power-hungry world. http://phys.org/news194852589.html Technology Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:40:01 EST news194852589 (PhysOrg.com) -- A wind-powered car has been clocked in the US traveling down wind faster than the wind. In a recent run at New Jerusalem in Tracy, California, the car reached a top speed of more than 2.85 times faster than the wind blowing at the time (13.5 mph) powered by the wind itself. The run should now settle the DWFTTW (down wind faster than the wind) debate that has been raging for some time on the Internet about whether or not such a feat was possible. http://phys.org/news194851568.html Technology Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:00:01 EST news194851568 The German power company RWE and industrial group Siemens unveiled on Friday a joint venture to build a giant British offshore wind farm worth more than two billion euros (2.4 billion dollars). http://phys.org/news194849079.html Technology Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:44:51 EST news194849079 (PhysOrg.com) -- NREL's 2.5-megawatt dynamometer picks on a wind turbine its own size in largest U.S. drive-train test ever. http://phys.org/news193415816.html Technology Tue, 18 May 2010 16:10:03 EST news193415816 (AP) -- U.S. leaders want China's clean energy boom to drive technology exports and are sending a sales mission to Beijing this week. But Beijing wants to create its own suppliers of wind, solar and other equipment and is limiting access to its market, setting up a new trade clash with Washington and Europe. http://phys.org/news193292275.html Technology Mon, 17 May 2010 05:18:13 EST news193292275 (PhysOrg.com) -- A bladeless wind turbine whose only rotating component is a turbine/driveshaft could generate power at a cost comparable to coal-fired power plants, according to its developers at Solar Aero. The New Hampshire-based company recently announced its patent on the Fuller wind turbine, which is an improvement on a patent issued to Nikola Tesla in 1913. http://phys.org/news192426996.html Technology Fri, 07 May 2010 07:42:26 EST news192426996 Renewable electricity can be transformed into a substitute for natural gas. Until now, electricity was generated from gas. Now, a German-Austrian cooperation wants to go in the opposite direction. In the future, these researchers and entrepreneurs would like to store surplus electricity -- such as from wind power or solar energy -- as climate-neutral methane, and store it in existing gas storage facilities and the natural gas network. http://phys.org/news192284634.html Technology Wed, 05 May 2010 13:24:21 EST news192284634 (PhysOrg.com) -- Different layers of the seabed reflect sound waves in a specific way. German researchers are harnessing the benefits of this fact to efficiently track down suitable offshore sites for wind energy plants. They use pressurized cannons, which emit acoustic signals that are recorded by underwater microphones. http://phys.org/news192175282.html Space & Earth Tue, 04 May 2010 07:01:40 EST news192175282 With a three-year, $300,000 award from the National Science Foundation, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is studying the feasibility of placing large wind turbines on deep-ocean platforms. The research, which combines sophisticated computer simulations and water tank studies using physical models, may point the way toward an environmentally friendly source of energy that could potentially fill a significant portion of the electricity needs of 26 coastal states. http://phys.org/news191674957.html Technology Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:40:01 EST news191674957 Last June, Frank Towns put up a wind turbine behind his home to generate electricity. Turns out it's generating interest, too. People driving by often stop to ask about it, and Towns is happy to share information about his backyard curiosity. http://phys.org/news191243904.html Technology Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:18:40 EST news191243904 (AP) -- The Obama administration decides this month after a nine-year review whether the nation's first wind farm should be built off Cape Cod. If it says no, the industry faces another question with no easy answer: "What's next?" http://phys.org/news190524492.html Technology Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:29:05 EST news190524492 The nation's wind-power industry showed record growth in 2009 and could see dramatic expansion if there was a national "renewable electricity standard," the American Wind Energy Association said in a report released Thursday. http://phys.org/news190056465.html Technology Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:30:01 EST news190056465 The energy needs of the entire human population could potentially be met by converting wind energy to electricity by means of wind turbines. While offshore wind power resources are abundant, wind turbines are currently unable to provide steady power due to natural fluctuations in wind direction and strength. However, offshore wind power output can be made more consistent by choosing project development locations that take advantage of regional weather patterns and by connecting wind power generators with a shared power line, according to a paper by researchers from the University of Delaware and Stony Brook University that is published in the April 5 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://phys.org/news189697123.html Technology Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:00:16 EST news189697123 (PhysOrg.com) -- Bridges, aircraft and wind turbines are in constant movement. Natural forces and pedestrians all create vibrations. Previously, time-consuming tests were needed to determine how building components would react to vibrations. Now, researchers have developed a simpler method. http://phys.org/news189569116.html Technology Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:05:40 EST news189569116 (PhysOrg.com) -- Lightweight, sturdy, and non-corrosive: fiber-reinforced thermoplastics are an ideal material for making boats and cars, and for aerospace engineering. But up to now, processing the raw materials was considered laborious and costly. At the JEC Composites Show 2010 Fraunhofer researchers will show how lasers can make the manufacturing of structures out of fiber-reinforced thermoplastics efficient, clean, reliable and automatic. http://phys.org/news188586947.html Technology Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:16:03 EST news188586947 Zero-carbon, renewable energy which is cost-competitive with fossil fuel generated sources is surely the Holy Grail of the engineering world. http://phys.org/news188571779.html Technology Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:20:01 EST news188571779 Wind power has emerged as a viable renewable energy source in recent years -- one that proponents say could lessen the threat of global warming. Although the American Wind Energy Association estimates that only about 2 percent of U.S. electricity is currently generated from wind turbines, the U.S. Department of Energy has said that wind power could account for a fifth of the nation's electricity supply by 2030. http://phys.org/news187606383.html Space & Earth Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:53:32 EST news187606383 Today's wind turbine blades, which can measure more than 60 metres in length, are subjected to enormous loads, which means that a blade can flex as much as 4-6 metres during strong gusts. However, the blades are also so long that there can be considerable differences in the loading from the gusts along the blade. In wind farms, surrounding wind turbines also exert considerable influence and generate turbulence, which has a more localised effect. http://phys.org/news186066174.html Technology Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:40:02 EST news186066174 Norway plans to build the world's most powerful wind turbine, hoping the new technology will increase the profitability of costly offshore wind farms, partners behind the project said Friday. http://phys.org/news185207263.html Technology Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:28:02 EST news185207263 Despite the Obama administration's efforts to create jobs making wind turbines in America, some companies say that sluggish demand for wind energy is holding them back. http://phys.org/news184871563.html Technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:40:03 EST news184871563 America's wind energy industry enjoyed a banner year in 2009, thanks largely to tax credits and other incentives packed into the $787 billion economic stimulus bill. http://phys.org/news184605085.html Technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:20:02 EST news184605085 Get Steve Martin going on the science and technology of batteries and he'll reach for a sheet of graph paper. http://phys.org/news183660225.html Technology Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:50:04 EST news183660225 Last year, Randy Hagen, president of Solar Skies Mfg in Starbuck, Minn., laid off four of his 14 workers after orders stalled for the rooftop solar collectors he makes. Government rebates promised last year under the Obama administration's green jobs initiative never won final approval, so consumers didn't buy. http://phys.org/news183374222.html Technology Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:17:35 EST news183374222 (AP) -- Property tax breaks will be awarded for investments in small renewable energy projects, a South Dakota legislative committee decided Wednesday, despite concerns that the exemptions would result in less revenue for schools and local governments. http://phys.org/news183232902.html Technology Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:02:03 EST news183232902 Installing wind turbines and solar panels in people's homes is "eco-bling" that will not help meet Britain's targets on cutting carbon emissions, engineers warned Wednesday. http://phys.org/news183226688.html Technology Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:30:01 EST news183226688 A technology originally developed to increase lift in aircraft wings and simplify helicopter rotors may soon help reduce the cost of manufacturing and operating wind turbines used for generating electricity. http://phys.org/news182603599.html Technology Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:30:18 EST news182603599 Risø DTU researchers have recently completed the world’s first successful test on a wind turbine with a laser-based anemometer built into the spinner in order to increase electricity generation. http://phys.org/news181895131.html Technology Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:26:25 EST news181895131 (PhysOrg.com) -- A French start-up company from ESA's Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands has developed a small instrument to measure wind speed and direction from the ground up to heights of 200 metres -- information that is vital when deciding where to build a wind turbine to produce electricity. http://phys.org/news179402183.html Technology Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:10:02 EST news179402183