We’ve all got a pretty good mental image of the traditional wind-powered generator: essentially a big propeller on a stick. Some might also be familiar with vertical wind turbines, which can ...

The view from inside a 300-foot Los Vientos wind turbine (Josephine Lee ... A cylindrical or rectangular hub is mounted atop each 300-foot tower, housing a generator and an anemometer that ...

Unfortunately, the conventional three-bladed wind turbines you see dotting the plains can’t stand up to the awesome power of typhoons. But vertical ... the 80-meter tall towers of traditional ...