Humanity has been harvesting energy from the wind for centuries. The practice goes back at least to 8th century Persia where the first known historical records of windmills came, but likely extends ...

Few energy technologies divide public opinion quite like wind turbines. To some, they are elegant icons of the green transition, while others proclaim them to be monstrous eyesores that ruin the ...

Forward-looking: One of the primary drawbacks of renewable energy is that some of its primary sources aren't consistently available. Researchers recently proposed a proof-of-concept to partially ...

From the first Ancient Egyptian vessels, pushed by the hot desert breeze to cross the Nile, to the windmills that first inspired Cervantes for his masterpiece, Don Quixote, right up to modern-day wind ...