Researchers have investigated the aerodynamic performance of a single floating PV setup of 16 panels, as well as an array that combined 15 such setups. They found that drag coefficient distributions ...

A group of researchers from South Africa has conducted a full-scale field measurement of the wind load effects on the mounting rail of a PV single-axis tracker. The data was collected over 109 days in ...

Electric utilities operate thousands of miles of overhead power lines and typically maintain hundreds of thousands of trees or more. Tree risk assessments conducted by utilities consider the risk ...

Wind farms can alter the nearby rainfall and temperature, suggesting a need for more comprehensive studies of future energy systems Editor's note: The following essay is reprinted with permission from ...

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WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says the impacts from offshore wind projects on the North Atlantic right whale and their ecosystems in the ...

The benefits of wind farms in terms of global climate change are well recognized but according to researchers at the University of Illinois they can also affect local climates as well. The researchers ...

Many transmission structures are tested to failure at full-scale, leading to an improved understanding of capacity compared to most structures. Typically when extreme wind events occur, the maximum ...

Wind power maintains worldwide recognition as a renewable, clean energy source that people have admired for many years. The important performance problem affecting wind farm productivity emerges from ...

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