Are consumers and businesses ready for small turbines or 'building-integrated' wind generators? Companies such as AeroVironment are hoping so. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

The government has announced proposals to relax planning rules, making it easier for farmers to install small-scale wind ...

Ibis Power, a Dutch renewables architecture specialist, has developed a hybrid solar and wind power system for the rooftops of buildings with at least fives floors. The company claims the ready-made ...

Small wind turbines could soon bypass planning in a bid to cut bills and speed up clean power. Ministers are proposing to allow farmers, schools and businesses to install a single onshore turbine up ...

China’s push for greener manufacturing is encouraging factories to generate more of their own clean electricity. Within industrial parks, small wind turbines are increasingly deployed alongside ...

MANKATO.— As energy costs continue to challenge agricultural operations across Minnesota, some farmers are turning to small-scale wind turbines as a solution for reducing expenses and achieving ...

UK homeowners to be allowed wind turbines in gardens amid energy crisis - The government continues to push clean energy in response to the current global energy crisis ...

A state analysis of microwind turbines shows that they didn't hit their performance targets because of poor siting and a lack of reliable wind resource data. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

A typical wind turbine is massive—roughly as tall as the Statue of Liberty, with blades that stretch wider than a football field. (Some are even bigger, like a new offshore turbine from Siemens that ...

North East business leaders have backed a UK Government proposal to allow farmers, schools and manufacturers to install small onshore wind turbines without planning permission, aiming to reduce energy ...

Labour has paved the way for 30m wind turbines to be installed on the grounds of schools, hospitals and farms after scrapping a key planning rule.