Williamson Brothers built 441 Vortex Turbines, selling one of the last to Sir William Armstrong at Cragside in Northumberland, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity.

Williamson Brothers built 441 Vortex Turbines, selling one of the last to Sir William Armstrong at Cragside in Northumberland, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity.

University of New South Wales researchers have created vortex generators that can reportedly ... on the external surfaces of vehicles and wind turbine blades. These devices have also been applied ...

DON'T MISS: What is the polar vortex? How it’s responsible for dangerous cold Strong wind gusts will make it feel much colder than it actually is, and many provinces will experience frigid wind ...

Another bladeless design comes from Spanish start-up Vortex Bladeless. Nicknamed ‘the Skybrator’, its turbine generates energy through vibration alone. Traditional wind turbine makers are also ...

Dr. Ponta's area of expertise is in theoretical and computational continuum mechanics, vortex dynamics, and advanced numerical methods for fluid-structure interaction analysis; especially as they ...

Accurate measurements of atmospheric turbulence enable durable and efficient wind turbine design as well as optimized wind farm operation. To advance this, Vaisala participated in a research ...