Wind power has become one of the pillars of the global energy transition, yet the basic silhouette of the modern turbine, a ...

AMES, Iowa – The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Iowa State engineers $1 million to study how high-strength concrete can be used to build taller wind turbine towers. Sritharan said concrete ...

You won’t be surprised to read that Iowa is big farm country. If you’ve ever driven through the state, you doubtless noticed the vast expanses of land given over to agriculture. By some estimates, ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University engineers will explain their “Hexcrete” concept of using precast concrete technology to build taller wind turbine towers during a commercialization workshop in late ...

Maybe you’ve heard of a solar updraft tower, a tall, hollow cylindrical tower where sunlight heats the air at the base of the tower and creates a chimney effect, causing air to rapidly shoot upward ...

WIND TOWER DELIVERED – Students in the Wind Turbine Service Technician program at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College pose with the newly delivered tower that will be erected on the DSLCC campus in ...

The project is part of a high-profile renovation and upgrade to the first floor of the monument. Located above the second level for its wind conditions, the turbines are now producing 10,000 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped on Friday a second round of duties on wind turbine towers from China, ratcheting up tensions between the two countries in the renewable energy sector.