With their considerable height and sweeping blades, wind turbines are perhaps the most visually striking sign of the world's shift to a more sustainable future. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever ...

The "Windcatcher" design concept, a wall of small wind turbines floating in the sea, from Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems (WCS), has officially received approval from a leading global ...

Think of a wind turbine and you’ll probably picture a tall vertical pole with three long blades spinning at the top. These traditional turbines were modeled after 17th-century Dutch windmills, but for ...

The 320-meter-tall (1,050-foot-high) unit – that’s just 33 feet shorter than the Eiffel Tower – is made up of a matrix of beams that supports around 115 turbines. Each turbine has a diameter of around ...

Wind Catching Systems, a Norway-based startup that develops floating offshore wind-power technology, just announced a Series A investment round of up to $10 million led by GM Ventures. Additionally, ...

The size of Windcatcher compared to the global trademarks such as Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty. Wind Catching According to the Wind Catching website, the design of the Windcatcher fits its ideal ...

Simulation of wind flows around the model of Austin’s 321 West 6th Street illustrates the E-SE wind direction that resulted in the largest cross-wind response on the 58-story high-rise. The hotter the ...

Norwegian outfit Wind Catching Systems calculates innovative technology would transform economics and cut offshore wind farm acreage use by 80% Floating wind power could be cost-competitive with ...