In order for wind turbines to function effectively across wide ranges of wind conditions, you’ll need what’s known as blade pitch control. Lucy Pao, the Palmer Endowed Chair Professor in the ...

With over 350,000 wind turbines currently in use globally, wind continues to be one of the fastest growing forms of renewable energy. In 2021, 93.6 GW of new installations brought global cumulative ...

Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) systems represent a transformative approach to harvesting wind energy by utilising tethered wings or aircraft to capture the superior wind resources available at higher ...

Maintenance on a wind turbine hub can be exciting, but also somewhat dangerous and a bit exhausting, as all the equipment and tools must be carried up (and down) hundreds of feet. Making pitch ...

Through flexible course options, students enrolled in the Next Generation Power & Energy (NGPES) subplan in our Professional Master's Program may pursue a 30-credit hour MS degree. The degree can be ...

Taken from the December 2019 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Harnessing the wind". From Caribbean islands to the windswept coasts of northern Europe, a new way of ...