Looking somewhat like a giant reed gently swaying in the wind, the new Vortexbladeless wind-driven generator prototype produces electricity with very few moving parts, on avery small footprint, and in ...

Vortex Hydro Energy, a spinout of renewable power research at the University of Michigan, is installilng its first major "hydrokinetic" power generating device in the St. Clair River off Port Huron ...

When asked as "wind power generator", many people remind me of windmill wing type rotors with huge feathers as large as several tens of meters in diameter, and indeed many windmills are used in ...

Could a bladeless wind turbine answer the issues with clean energy and save a few bird lives in the process? It can if you believe that the same technology we use to get your milkshake to your mouth ...

PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) - A project to generate energy from the St. Clair River’s strong current is moving forward with plans to install four energy-harnessing devices in the river this year. Vortex ...

In 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State collapsed due to the effects of Vortex Induced Vibration (VIV), where vortices are formed and shed on the downstream side of bluff bodies or ...