Wind turbines usually jut up from the ground like giant pinwheels. Now a company in China is exploring a new form factor: flying wind turbines. These zeppelin-like aircraft float high in the sky, ...

The site will include a massive foundation, a lifting platform, and worker facilities. Although it will be built to handle a ...

The wind industry is best known for propeller-based turbines. But some inventors believe kites and balloons can capture wind power as well. Images: 'Flying' wind generators Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

China just made it real with the S2000, the world's first megawatt-class high-altitude wind power system designed for urban skies. Screenshot of CGTN This 'flying power station' just nailed its debut ...

Wind turbines may seem innocuous enough, but they have the potential to reshape the air birds fly through. In a recent ...

The test of an 'alien-looking' giant airship in the skies above Sichuan created a buzz on social media A giant airship ...

These quirky designs will fly wind power into the future—or so their inventors hope. Measuring anywhere from 18 to 200 feet in length, these flying turbines by the five leading startup companies in ...

It's only fitting that the company generating electricity by loop-de-looping a ground-tethered winged drone is from North Carolina. After all, North Carolina is the birthplace of human flight. In 2023 ...

On a recent day in August in a field near Munich, Germany, a group of engineers launched a kite-like electric plane into the air and watched for the first time as it flew in figure eights in the sky.

There is something unusual happening in the Swiss Hills. A machine is being developed. It can turn air into power. A new way of thinking about wind power is taking form. It is not like the towers with ...

In another twist on wind power, inventors are designing kites and balloons to generate electricity. The wind industry is undergoing rapid growth as utilities, prompted by government incentives, seek ...