A Spanish research group says air flux variations over different parts of solar plants could also lead to mismatch losses. Past. studies have only looked at the benefits of high wind speed on PV ...

The increase of wind speed from early morning into the day is related to the warming of the air. Unless a storm system is approaching, winds during the night are calm or quite light, but this ...

We’ve all felt the wind blow. The wind helps us fly kites, sail boats and dry our washing when it’s out on the line! Wind can be very helpful, but when it's too strong, it can be destructive. Wind ...

Blowing in the wind: a broken tree trunk. (Courtesy: Alexandre Ponomarenko) During storms, there is a critical wind speed, of around 42 m/s (90 mph), at which almost all tree trunks break – ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

A supermassive black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 just delivered an X-ray surprise that astronomers have never watched ...

Solar wind speeds remain elevated as an incoming coronal mass ejection approaches Earth, with forecasts indicating increased ...

Thomas Mortlock works for Aon Reinsurance Solutions. Tropical cyclone Ilsa has been downgraded to a category-three cyclone as it moves southeast through Western Australia. The storm first made ...

The House on Thursday passed a bill that aims to speed up infrastructure and energy projects — with a new anti-wind amendment in order to get GOP hard-liners on board. The vote was 221-196. The SPEED ...

As the wind speed dropped, the city's air quality deteriorated sharply on Friday, turning very poor from poor a day earlier.