Wired, a few days ago, put up an (overly long) article about a propellor-sail land-boat (a boat with wheels) that can outrun the wind and keep going. I won't go into the details of how this specific ...

A cargo sailboat docked in Brooklyn Bridge Park on May 13, bringing thousands of bottles of wine from France to Brooklyn by wind power. The schooner by French company Grain de Sail docked at One°15 ...

A unique "theater vessel" used by La Fura dels Baus and the production company Elipsis Onboard has been fitted with a tiltable wind sail propulsion system, helping to reduce the vessel's environmental ...

(WJAR) — A new ship built in Warren will get crews out to sea to construct a wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island. It was christened on Wednesday, which is a decades old tradition for good luck and ...

A new electric solar wind sail is almost ready for implementation. Electric sail propulsion might have a large impact on space research and space travel throughout the solar system. The electric solar ...

The electric solar wind sail is a propulsion system that uses the solar wind proton flow as a source of momentum for spacecraft thrust. The momentum of the solar wind is transferred to the spacecraft ...

Floating wind farms offer a solution to harness stronger winds in deeper waters where traditional fixed turbines are not feasible. This technology presents environmental advantages, including less ...

Finnish space scientist Pekka Janhunen proposes a new solar sail made of spinning, electrified wires that would catch the fast-moving solar wind. A spinning web of electrified wire 30 miles wide may ...

HAMPTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – The 24th annual Frostbite Sailboat Race kicked off the new year for competitive sailors in the area. “It’s cold, but when it’s cold and stormy, the wind is good,” said Dean ...

The E-sail is a novel propellantless technology that was invented in Finland in 2006. The E-sail utilizes long, charged tethers to convert natural solar wind momentum flux into spacecraft thrust. The ...