Installing a wind turbine on or around your home is a great way to diversify your energy supplies, but you don’t need a 100 foot wind tower to get the job done. As such, Electric Pinwheels has ...

Introduction Wind energy is becoming more and more popular across the U.S.—maybe you’ve even seen a wind farm close to where you live! In 2015 approximately 7 percent of the electricity used in the ...

How fast is the wind blowing where you live? As we see on “Weather Hunters,” meteorologists use a tool called an anemometer to measure wind speed. Anemometers work because they have arms with cup-like ...

At first glance, it looks almost harmless. Small, light, and simple — more like something you’d see spinning in a garden than producing electricity. While most wind turbines stand still and wait for ...

Scattered across fields like colossal pinwheels, wind turbines could be responsible for more than churning out electricity. They could be changing local weather. Researchers have found that under ...