After two decades of steady growth, wind blew past hydroelectric as the leading source of renewable energy in the United States in 2019. Last year, wind turbines generated a total of 338 billion ...

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will introduce a new master’s program in offshore wind energy engineering in the fall. This three-semester program is the first of its kind in the ...

A student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has his sights set on improving the efficiency of wind turbines. Jie Cheng, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, has developed a system that ...

For those who want a grounding in the physics and basic engineering of wind turbines, this book probably isn't a bad place to start. The author, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. who consults in wind ...

Susan Gourvenec receives funding from The Royal Academy of Engineering through their Chairs in Emerging Technologies Scheme. Rebecca Sykes does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...

Wind power technology in 2025 pushed well beyond incremental upgrades, with engineers rethinking how, where, and even what wind turbines look like. From floating giants the size of city blocks and ...

At the University of Massachusetts a number of wind engineering computer codes (the "UMass Mini-Codes") have been developed during the past for educational, research, and design purposes. The purpose ...

The 10th annual Collegiate Wind Competition was held in Boulder May 17-19. In the final event of the competition, 13 teams tested their prototype wind turbines and presented their work to panels of ...

Giant offshore wind turbine monopiles arriving from Europe last month at the Portsmouth, Va., marine terminal for construction starting next year of Dominion Energy's 2.6-GW project 27 miles off ...

Planned 400-acre Pier Wind terminal at California's Port of Long Beach would support fabrication, assembly, and deployment of floating offshore wind turbines. October 15, 2025 California has awarded ...