Wind turbine design is the process of defining the form and configuration of a wind turbine to extract energy from the wind. An installation consists...

wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. As of 2020[update], hundreds of thousands of large turbines...

Small wind turbines, also known as micro wind turbines or urban wind turbines, are wind turbines that generate electricity for small-scale use. These turbines...

Unconventional wind turbines are those that differ significantly from the most common types in use. As of 2024[update], the most common type of wind turbine is the...

of wind turbines is to generate energy using the wind. Hence, the aerodynamics is a very important aspect of wind turbines. Like most machines, wind turbines...

The Darrieus wind turbine is a type of vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) used to generate electricity from wind energy. The turbine consists of a number...

A floating wind turbine is an offshore wind turbine mounted on a floating structure that allows the turbine to generate electricity in water depths where...

A vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) is a type of wind turbine where the main rotor shaft is set transverse to the wind while the main components are located...

wind turbines are a type of vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT), used for converting the force of the wind into torque on a rotating shaft. The turbine...

An airborne wind turbine is a design concept for a wind turbine with a rotor supported in the air without a tower, thus benefiting from the higher velocity...

near-gigawatt sized offshore wind farms that provide electricity to national electrical networks. The first electricity-generating wind turbine was installed by the...

innovative design was a major breakthrough in the development of wind turbines. As a 17-year-old, Johannes Juul (1887–1969) had studied wind electricity...

The Hornslet Wind Turbine Collapse was a collapse of a wind turbine on 22 February 2008. It is one of only a few structural collapses[clarification needed]...

The yaw system of wind turbines is the component responsible for the orientation of the wind turbine rotor towards the wind. The task of orienting the...

offshore wind farms employ fixed-foundation wind turbines in relatively shallow water. Floating wind turbines for deeper waters are in an earlier phase...

Westinghouse, United Technologies and Boeing. In 1975 NASA designed and built its first prototype wind turbine, the 100 kW Mod-0 in Sandusky Ohio, with funding...

A wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) is a vessel specifically designed for the installation of offshore wind turbines. There were 16 such vessels...

The wind power industry is involved with the design, manufacture, construction, and maintenance of wind turbines. The modern wind power industry began...

whenever possible. Wind turbines use an airfoil to generate a reaction lift from the moving fluid and impart it to the rotor. Wind turbines also gain some...

Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited ("Ming Yang", Chinese: 明阳风电) is the largest private wind turbine manufacturer in China and the fifth largest overall...

The Gamma 60 wind turbine, a 1.5 MW two-bladed upwind horizontal axis wind turbine, was installed by Wind Energy Systems Taranto S.p.A. (WEST) at Alta...

direction from which the wind is blowing. Wind vanes are also found on small wind turbines to keep the wind turbine pointing into the wind. The oldest known...

GE Wind is a division of GE Vernova. The company manufactures and sells wind turbines to the international market. In 2018, GE Wind was the fourth largest...

helical turbine (GHT) is a water turbine evolved from the Darrieus turbine design by altering it to have helical blades/foils. Water turbines take kinetic...

106306°W / 43.658222; -73.106306 The Smith–Putnam wind turbine was the world's first megawatt-size wind turbine. In 1941 it was connected to the local electrical...

Rębielice Królewskie Wind Turbine situated south of Rębielice Królewskie, Poland is a wind power turbine built in 2003. It was designed by Józef Antos (born...

the world's second largest wind turbine manufacturer behind Vestas. The company is notable for its SG 14.0-222 wind turbine, the largest variant based...

India, in addition to testing its indigenously designed windmills and obtaining a 6 kW. Allgaier wind turbine, which was presented to India by the West German...

Compact Wind Acceleration Turbines (CWATs) are a class of wind turbine that uses structures to accelerate wind before it enters the wind-generating element...

Gomberg Turbine was a Vestas model V80-1.8MW wind turbine in Pickering, Ontario. At the time of its construction, it was one of the largest wind turbines in...