ArborWind Blog

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“The first step is to put a name on the problem”

An Austin, Texas city council member made that statement as the city joined a growing movement of local governments declaring a climate emergency. It marks a response to the growing...

Most conventional wind turbines are horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT), meaning they look more like traditional windmills. A HAWT generates electricity by turning its large blades to the wind and as they spin, a generator produces power. Over the years, engineers identified a number of design...

Profitable energy generation with Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) has been a bit of a ‘holy grail’ for alternative energy experts for decades. The obvious advantages of VAWT over the horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) in many applications have driven the search for a workable technology....