Breakthrough Research for Testing and Arranging Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 12:32
in Physics & Chemistry
Often grouped in wind farms, horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) provide significant amounts of energy for local communities, but they can take up a lot of space. If placed too close together, one HAWT can make a neighboring HAWT output much less power. To address this, researchers are looking at vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs), which could be either arranged in groups or interspersed within HAWT arrays. They report their work this week in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.