Wind power is one of the few green energy sources that has really caught on, but most wind generators simply dump their power into the existing electricity grid. But what if you want power in a place that's off the grid? This concept called the Portable Power Center from Uprise Energy could provide the answer.
Your typical wind turbine in operation today is a set of blades mounted on a horizontal axis. You know, like a windmill. Well, this is the Aerogenerator X, and it's making a case for a vertical axis and a much, much larger turbine.
Here's an attractive solution to the problem of gathering energy offshore: Harness both wind and wave power at the same time. A company named Floating Power Plant plans to build Poseidon 37, a 754-foot-long floating power generation station that can...
What if there were a palm-size charger that gathered power from the wind? A company called Humdinger says its Microbelt small-scale wind charger actually works, and it's 10 times more effective at generating wind energy than other units its size....
We're eager to set up a wind turbine here on the windswept prairie of the U.S., but don't want to bother the neighbors with all that whooshing noise. The Windspire vertical wind turbine design might be just what we're...
Check out this wind-powered battery charger. Febot is a design concept for charging up a single AA battery, where you attach its suction cup outside a window of your house or car, and the tiny generator uses the power...
It’s about time somebody rolled out a windmill for you and me, and it took famed designer Philippe Starck coming out of retirement to do it. This simple-looking $633 thingamajig is said to be able to crank out 20-60%...