New kind of wind turbine designed by a guy at the University of Chicago. Check it out at aerotecture.com.
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New kind of wind turbine designed by a guy at the University of Chicago. Check it out at aerotecture.com.
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Free market or no …
Free market or no free market, we must reward those who perseverance those technologies.
If you search …
If you search google for “most efficent electrical wind turbine” you’ll find a vertical one, Tommorow it might change again as this field is catching wind and wings,
Do not forget what you learn today in school you will learn tommorow as history,
Its good to learn history that way, you should well know:
Inventions and progress is done lots of the times by swimming againts the stream and thinking differently.
I thought that hurricanes are the worst, they are vertical, also tornado’s!!!
do these ones …
do these ones generate more energy than regular ones.
People are going to …
People are going to have to stfu about appearance if they want to save the world. Seriously, some people..
how do these …
how do these vertical ones work?
A couple of these …
A couple of these in a hurricane could probably power my tv.
Everyone needs to …
Everyone needs to accept that there are pros and cons to every form of electricity generation. However, the one criticism of wind generation that really kills me is that the turbines are ugly eyesores. It’s as though they should have the right to knock on someone’s door to tell them “your house is very unattractive, please demolish it and replace it with something more pleasing to my eye.”
i wanna buy these …
i wanna buy these put up in my farm and a few near my house and supplement all the electricity. use it during rolling blackouts, for charging cars, charging appliances, may be watch the tv on it , run the washer, dryer, store it on batteries and do all of the above. i can’t believe how easy it was to put up, after which i think it should be fastened to the ground just for good measure.
Couldn’t this …
Couldn’t this machine (or one like it) be positioned horizontally, and still revolve? I mean, couldn’t the wind move those same type of “blades” if they were horizontal?
But what if the …
But what if the wind changes direction? My understanding is that was the reason for the vertical design: it works with high turbulence urban landscapes. Also, the electrical parts can stay on the ground, making it easier to service.
Hi, can you provide …
Hi, can you provide some URL links bout the German system you describe. I am doing a research paper. My Civics teacher is for Nuclear power.
tree hugers
tree hugers
THE CRANBERRIES ‘ …
THE CRANBERRIES ‘DREAMS’
Wind blows …
Wind blows horizontal, to date the most efficient wind turbines are the horizontal type designs NOT the vertical or (helix type)shown here. Horiz. turbines have the most sweep area per blade diameter, thus creating the maximum torque at low wind speeds or higher. Helix or vertical wind turbines are the least efficient, in reguards to torque or useable power output! All of these other vertical turbine designs look nice (for show) but are impractical for any kind of sufficient power generation.
OK, I wanna do it!! …
OK, I wanna do it!!! Please explain what is the idea?
You don’t have to …
You don’t have to be off the grid, you just supplement your consumption. In Germany, they use lots of solar power. The solar either supplements, or is fed to the grid. Germany had plans to build a bunch of nuke plants, but because the state buys power from residents who install green generators, they don’t need more plants, or the enormous subsidies to power them. Germans can sell the energy they farm, so these machines are an investment. But as an engineer, I’m sure you already knew that.
just like the turby …
just like the turby;)
what about solar …
what about solar power
i think its …
i think its brilliant….!!!
The first half of …
The first half of jasong’s comment was quoting Thundermack’s.
Well, first off, as …
Well, first off, as not every home uses electric for heating and cooking the ole “won’t heat up a tea kettle” statement just falls flat on natural gas users like myself. A wind generator does provide enough power to enjoy lights, tv, a/c, and pc. The times when it is not producing enough power, I can still draw from the grid or battery storage which is where surplus would go during high wind/low use periods and when they are full, selling surplus to the power company is an awsome perk.
I’d imagine, jasong …
I’d imagine, jasong here, has lots of stocks in… coal.. or perhaps nuclear power?
Thundermack77 (2 …
Thundermack77 (2 months ago) wind power is gay…fag….why do you want hundreds of massive windmills all over the place..its so ugly
(Your FACE is ugly too, but they won’t let me smash it in! Clean free energy is the future, get with the program or get left behind, dork!)
why NOT use the …
why NOT use the FREE energy around us???
You wanna go da …
You wanna go da shower, turn the TV on, play games WHEN you want, not “when the wind is blowing”; that’s why we put up with the poisonous cheaper electric generated by large companies.
Bought electric costs 8 pence per unit. A ‘hyped’ about wind turbine costing £1,200 can barely boil a kettle!! and works so-so when the wind blows. We ain’t there yet. Me? – oh I’m just an electrical engineer, i know nuthin…