Abstract The so-called 20-20-20 targets for the European Union include a reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared to 1990, 20% of primary energy from …

Among renewable sources of energy, wind is the most widely used resource due to its
commercial acceptance, low cost and ease of operation and maintenance, relatively much …

The importance of wind energy has increased at a rapid pace in the last years. As a result,
increasing efforts are taken to improve the efficiency and extend the applicability of wind …

With the aim of reducing green gas emission, wind turbine installations worldwide have
grown rapidly in recent years. Wind energy itself is free, but has costs due to the wind turbine …

In this paper, a novel Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine was designed whose blade can be
deformed automatically into a desired geometry and thus achieve a better aerodynamic …

The study develops a methodology for the aero-structural design including consideration of
the starting of a small wind turbine blade. To design a fast-starting blade, starting time was …

The concept of passive aeroelastic tailoring is explored to maximize power extraction from
an NREL 5-MW wind turbine blade rotating in a uniform flow, where a single blade with …

The extreme environment caused by the typhoon has destroyed several wind turbines in
recent decades and already become a restriction to the further development of offshore wind …

This paper presents a numerical workflow designed and developed for autonomous
synthesis of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) blades for maximum annual energy …

The structural design for a recently presented aeroelastically-tailored wind turbine blade is
produced. Variable elastic twist has been shown to improve performance in response to …