For many environmental enthusiasts, horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) — the kind that look like windmills slowly spinning in the distance — are a pretty familiar sight. Unfortunately, there are ...

Megan Treacy is a writer from Austin, TX. A former editor at EcoGeek, she worked as a technology columnist for Treehugger from 2012 to 2018. For the turbine and tail vane: 1 piece of 2mm thick balsa ...

BRATTLEBORO -- One of the things that keeps people from producing their own electricity is the cost of becoming self-sufficient. But one local man thinks he may have a solution to the cost conundrum.

Makers and electronic enthusiasts looking for a new project to keep them busy, which could also save hard earned cash by helping to generate power for their homes. May be interested in a new 12v DIY ...

When most of today’s wind projects were developed, first costs were the focus; operations and maintenance (O&M) costs were largely unknown. Now, with hundreds of turbine models in operation—sometimes ...

A little-known company based in Boulder, Colorado, is pursuing an ambitious, borderline outlandish goal: creating the world’s ...