Discover how to build a simple DIY wind turbine using basic household items like an aluminum can, copper wire, and cardboard.

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 ...

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 ...

Do It Yourself Projects to Get You Off the Grid (Skyhorse Publishing, 2018) by Instructables.com is illustrated with dozens of full-color photographs per project accompanying easy-to-follow ...

On a recent winter day on a wind farm in Germany, workers scaled 544-foot-tall wind turbines and started adding fringe-like attachments to the massive blades. The design, inspired by the shape of owl ...

One problem when you try to field super-big wind turbines: All the components involved get super heavy as well. No surprise, then, that there are efforts afoot to figure out ways of lightening up the ...

A study by energy industry experts showed that an average wind turbine generator lasts around 25 to 75 years. A spokesperson for the wind farm mentioned in the post said its wind turbine generators ...