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 ...

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 ...

A handful of start-ups are making mini turbines that go on top of city buildings and turn wind power into electricity. Photos: Harnessing wind Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

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 ...

FREEN, an innovator in wind energy, introduces a line of small wind turbines that utilize efficient and environmentally friendly Darrieus rotor technology. FREEN's wind generators are fundamentally ...

On the roof of the O2 Arena, one of London’s largest indoor venues, there’s a small cluster of very peculiar wind turbines. They look nothing like the tall, imposing ones that are increasingly ...

Small wind turbines don’t use the same technology found on the megawatt-scale behemoths populating wind farms. Here are a few of the main differences. • As one might expect, the internals of a small ...

Wind energy is taking off all over again. This time, literally. In China, a multi-institute research and development project has created a series of large-scale floating turbine prototypes. The helium ...