Researchers have investigated the aerodynamic performance of a single floating PV setup of 16 panels, as well as an array that combined 15 such setups. They found that drag coefficient distributions ...

A group of researchers from South Africa has conducted a full-scale field measurement of the wind load effects on the mounting rail of a PV single-axis tracker. The data was collected over 109 days in ...

Electric utilities operate thousands of miles of overhead power lines and typically maintain hundreds of thousands of trees or more. Tree risk assessments conducted by utilities consider the risk ...

Daniel Kirk-Davidoff works for a company (MDA Information Systems LLC) that provides wind generation forecasts for energy industry clients including wind farm owners. Wind turbines take energy from ...

Wind power maintains worldwide recognition as a renewable, clean energy source that people have admired for many years. The important performance problem affecting wind farm productivity emerges from ...

Many transmission structures are tested to failure at full-scale, leading to an improved understanding of capacity compared to most structures. Typically when extreme wind events occur, the maximum ...

Thybar offers seismic/wind load rated roof curbs. Rated curbs will resist the effects of site-specific forces determined according to the requirements of the International Building Code or other ...