Windbreaks may sound like a counterintuitive idea for boosting the performance of a wind turbine. But physicists report that low walls that block wind could actually help wind farms produce more power ...

Every day the tide rolls in and out of Puget Sound, and engineers at the University of Washington would like to harvest some of that energy for public use. Tides are a renewable energy source that is ...

Gas turbine power output can range widely from a few kilowatts up to large utility-sized units of 300 MW. “Industrial” gas turbines are widely used for generating on-site heat and power in a diverse ...