people people it doesnt serve as profit to be self sufficient..... fucking get self reliant. muppets in charge wont abide to everyone sustaining a free living.
Nice design! It looks very safe since the blades were inside in a cylinder-like trap that protects the wind turbine's blades in causing possible accidents. What a great idea. Aside form that, the turbine spins smoothly but fast. Fast movement provides higher energy level in a wind turbine to produce free electricity.
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Interesting how it ran faster tipped at about 30 degrees and then slowed down once vertical. I wonder if the air being able to easily flow up to the top made it run faster?
@snow54445 I encourage anyone to put up some sort of alternative energy producing systen i.e. wind, solar, etc. Even though by federal law your local utility is required to purchase your power they always seem to find a way to weasel out of the spirit of the law. In my area it costs $0.083 per kilowatt hr for residential customers and for Co-op customers it is a range of $0.11 to $0.15 per kiliwatt hr.
@1foxtrot70 - The Net Metering Act here allows for the utility company to slide by claiming a purchase of wind energy at $0.05 per kilowatt hr claiming it is the cost avoidance of having to produce the power and no credit obviously given for the adminstrative costs. To make this a REAL profit in your pocket is set up an alternative energy system then have a service cut-over switch set up to select either your local utility or your own power.
@1foxtrot70 - By using the cut-over switch you can use utility power when you need to take your system down for repair. The reduces your monthly bill to the minimum that the utility charges for having a meter on your property in my area about $12 per month.
Love IT!!! California needs to invest more in Green Tech!!! Prop 23 is down in the polls, but the Yes on 23 campaign just got a new influx of hot, anonymous cash, so we'll need to fend them off in the home stretch to Election Day.
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geothermal just works on the temperature difference between the ground 10-200ft deep and and the ambient air. It is very efficient even with the normal ground temp but is costly. you also need some ground to drill deep wells or that you can lay loops of tubing in after you make a deep trench. with all this digging and drilling and the heat exchangers which are loike an air conditioner in you furnace, they cost 8-20 thou in Canada
Hey BrianAStier: Geothermal is a very localized resource. You have to be over a "hot spot" where water can be injected. Then you have to have a use for hot water beyond the shower. So its expensive to install, and you need electricity to run it. Yes, there are technical solutions for most of the problems, just a matter of money.
There are better suited wind turbines than this one but this one is at least better looking than pinwheel style windmills. If you look up "realrace".colm, you may come up with the wind turbine that moves with little wind because its designed with special magnets to minimize the friction and it has a whole set of stable fins on the outside of the moving blades so that animals and birds are less likely to get caught in the turbine. Check it out if you really want to find solutions and be happy.
Just a word about the birds. I've seen more birds killed by professional sports than I have seen killed by wind turbines. That's right! I saw birds get killed in baseball, tennis, and even once in golf. Wind turbines are awesome and they serve a great purpose. P.S. I love professional sports too.
@SmearTheEar so tru man... we kill chickens,,,,, cows goats,, and lamb.. to eat .. if ppl make points to say it kills birds they are a&& h0les.... ppl r so dumb.... wind and solar are far the most safest producing 0% CO2... "to gain something you need take something!" we cut down forests to make space for our cities and for wood! why not by-cot that.. instead
The city where I work situated near the sea, every afternoon till late evening strong winds would blow throughout the city & I think to myself I wish every building would have small VAWT units on top of every building to produce clean energy..To the inventor of the Aerotecture, please come to North Borneo your invention is needed more here.
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That's an interesting design and I like seeing all the different ideas. Looks like a big job to assemble and erect that on a rooftop. Thanks for sharing the video.
I love it but I still think it looks like a giant bird blender. Could it have nets to prevent birds trying to fly into it? Or do birds not fly into it?
this wind turbine has no sharp edges nor a lot of mass and even in high speeds winds its designed no to move fast enough to kill a bird even if a that bird would fly into it. This come from using sails and not blades like a normal turbine.
this is not necessarily a new concept as much as a new take on a already existing concept the "vertical axis turbine" he may of improved efficency and creation installment cost but it is not "a new kind of wind turbine" more of a unknown design
It does actually assist people with it by paying back 40% of its cost. Still a plan where the utility company owns the solar and wind geterators on your house/building and rents it out would make more sense to me.
@BrianAStier Easily accesible geothermal sources are not everywhere. You need to drill very deep in most cases and find a suitable spot in the rock to inject the water and recover it at high temp.
@BrianAStier from what i understand, most places where you can set up a geothermal plant are not convenient. you'd have to build whole new systems of high tension transmission lines, whereas with wind there are a lot more opportunities in areas convenient to existing systems.
also, geothermal plants become inoperable within a few decades or less, because of mineral buildup and other factors.
Hi Brian! I live about 300 miles from the most active volcano on the planet here in Hawaii, and to my knowledge there is zero geothermal power being generated ! If this were an honest world the Hawiians would be developing that source of energy and selling it to the rest of the state. We suffer the highest kilowatt price in the nation !
The last number reported for ammounts of magma flowing daily was 800,000 cubic yds. What a waste.
I guess you've never heard of Puna Geothermal Venture on the Big Island of Hawaii. They produce 25 - 30 megawatts of power. Which feeds about 20 % of the Big Island's electrical needs.
I remember years ago , when 'True Oil' brought over the drill rig, and the 'pilot project' was begun,.. but it was my thinking that the Hydrogen Sulfide leaks had eventually caused such a stir, that it was shut down.(glad to hear I'm mistaken). So,... why has this technology not been expanded to serve the rest of the state? And why no domestic 'hot water' like in Iceland?...
@BrianAStier geothermal is in fact one of the worst ideas ever for getting energy on a large scale. which means that we will have it up and running here pretty soon in the USA and the rest of the world will be bitching about it.
I noticed that before the "cylinders" were perpendicular to the flow of air,they seemed to turn faster and then slowed down when totally upright - was this an optical illusion? Maybe mounting on a pivoting base at about a 45 degree angle would make it more efficient?
i got nothing wrong with air or nuclear reactor, but try and get that past the oil companies. they have been going on tv sayin the drop in gas prices is bad because there is less demand for oil, which is completely fine with me!
in idaho, we have probably 80-90% of electricty generated from by hydro electric or wind, so i think it could be applied everywhere
They are far more adaptable to high turbulence areas such as cities. As to the efficiency differential, I wish I could help, but I would dare say that in turbulent areas, these are the ones you would want.
Are you psychic or what? I just got some info from another youtube site on a Helix design from a private company in CA. Before I can buy one of these - I am going to drive the state crazy to give us rebates and incentives. I've got 2 acres - and the front field will be nothing more than a blackberry field for U-Pick operation and there's so many trees edging of my property even my neighbors can't complain. This design is similar. - Hugs Wolf. I am going to start with T. Boone Pickens.
Wind is a long over looked source of renewable energy and is coming into it's own rapidly! And solar has damn near unlimited up side potential, both in direct electrical generation and as a source for hot water for personal use and home heating.
Another odd use is geo-thermal A/C, this all depends on the ambient soil temprature, Oklahoma may be too hot, but if not, it works like 'magik' LOL
We only have one solar panel company in Tulsa right now - he said wait until Jan due to incentives - I am going to drive the state legislature nutty too. T Boone Pickins should be working with these kinds of companies too - we have good wind here - and plenty of sun. GoeThermal works if you can afford the dig. Husband is talkingof putting 8 inc walls inside the house - envelope it.
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."
@tattoosurf17 What ?? Like power lines, I live remote in the mountains far from neighbors and make serious hard sacrifices to live like this. Hey if your going to be offended by a neighbor's anything then you need to live like I do, I think neighbors themselves are ugly eyesores lol, love all of course but I dont even want to see their houses man. PS, I clicked on this just because I thouht it looked cool : )))
@tattoosurf17 Ha Ha, a wise man once said.. good fences make good neighbors. I love that quote. I have neighbors all around me and three wind turbines on my roof. They love them and nobody cares because they are clean and professional and above all, they are quiet and very stable. You can just clearly see at a glance and a listen, that it's no problem at all.
@tattoosurf17 I think that depends on your personal aesthetic tastes. I've always loved windmill's and have never though of them as eyesores. Now going to HB and seeing all the onshore and offshore oil derricks pumping away were ugly to me. I thought this particular turbine design is even more gorgeous than the standard one.
That argument is insane. This and all other wind turbines are SO beautiful not only aesthetically but because we're using what this world has to give without ruining it.
@birdablaze that 's what he is saying if you read closer. to the stereotypical point of view its a legislative red tape. ! funny how you slated him while both having the same opinion. chill
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
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?
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.
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...
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.
I don't know where you are, but here in the U.S. People have home built wind powered generators and using them, and selling the left over power back to the grid, they been doing it for years.
This is correct because I know of someone who bought 1 of those WHISPER style factory made wind turbines and is selling power back! They not only get FREE power they get PAID for it when the wind blows excessively!!!!!
True we need better machines, but I think it's passionate people actually doing it that change attitudes and encourage others. I don't think most goverments (Germans & the Danish not included) are really serious about this subject and it's up to individuals, groups to change things. I guess hippys certainly had the passion just not the materials we have now.
A major complaint with wind turbines of all types is the noise pollution they produce. Persons a mile away can hear the subsonic resonance, especially annoying late at night even when the conditions aren't ideal. A relative of mine is an acoustic engineer. He was hired by a committee from a small town in the thumb of Michigan to help fight a government backed plan to erect hundreds of wind turbines. Not all are opposed though. Many farmers accept payment to have the turnines on their property.
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yeah i want nuke plant on me..they can build it into my house..are you a tard? u gotta be a tard.
nuke plants are great..you build them underground or into a mountain range..nevcr worry. and how many accidents are there in 30 years..1? and the rest are burst water lines.
how many accidents did you have? i know tards have a lot..
Cernobyl? Bad choice. It was built over 35 years ago, the accident was in '82. The Commies made tremendous errors in judgement, construction, maintenence & management. The problem was caused by a steam explosion. Most areas except the immediate surroundings are safe for habitation & commerce. Cernobyl wasn't a model facility, nor as safe as 3 Mile Island that had an accident 5 years prior. More persons have died mining coal. Burning it's damaged the ecosystem more than all the Nuclear plants.
That was the first example that popped up in my mind, due to the fact that i live in eastern Europe. I am not against nuclear power, but we all have to admit that free, wind, solar or water energy is the future..
Free is good. Getting paid for putting electricity back into the system is good too. I like the future of solar and hydrogen. Wind turbines are very inefficient & need a minimum wind speed to convert the kinetic energy into mechanical enegy. Space is an issue too. When need is greatest in Summer there's a lot of downtime. Nuclear is still iffy. Today, in Florida, a Nuclear facility shut down due to external electrical failure. Demand was the problem. Around 800,000 persons were affected.
Don't hold your breath on creating anything free or selling back power. We need major technology strides to be made. Much of what we see here is daydreaming, and no where near ready for the real world. Love the ideas, just get ready to wait 20+ years. Hippys in the 60's were playing with this stuff, and we've progressed very little.
Sadly, you're correct. Many solar energy companies went under in the late '80's.
When cheap oil can be had energy efficiency & innovation is swept under the rug. Then when the prices rise again oil interests bribe the innovators to shut them up. In the '70's, during the oil embargo, there was a story about a guy claiming he invented a engine powered by water...hydrogen power maybe? He got an offer to sell that he couldn't refuse. Was it a hoax? Dreams or not the consumer always loses.
yeh, sad fact. while the solar and wind generating companies went under, the big oil co's are still getting fed subsidies, and for what? why doesnt the fed subsidize the clean energy sources?
Alot has changed since the "hippy-era" firstly people are tired of getting gouged at the gas pumps + more people are becoming concerned about their "carbon footprints" on this earth. The big energy companies have a harder time silencing this technology now**
Hmm good point! that's why they should build such things higher up on mountain ranges or in the desert. As in Nevada, there are plenty of places for wind farms. Although they should also look into solar panels, that's silent.
Check out the amazing, phenomenal article on large scale SOLAR ENERGY VIABILITY in the January 2008 issue of 'SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN'! Don't let anyone tell you it's not feasible!
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TheServiceWeb 2 weeks ago
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happinesson 1 month ago
people people it doesnt serve as profit to be self sufficient..... fucking get self reliant. muppets in charge wont abide to everyone sustaining a free living.
dazzmazzz 2 months ago
Contacted them ALL THEY WANT IS WITHIN 90 MILES OF CHICAGO. what a drag they refused to give me a price!!!!!!!!!!!!
tpajohnb1 2 months ago
What We want to know is how much energy they provide
2nd of all how much they cost :) Cause I would like one of those on my roof.
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70pda 4 months ago
Sure the turbine spins fast with no load on it!!! Looks just like any other VAWT. This is not a new kind of wind turbine!!!!!!!!
markallen200 8 months ago
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CarlVanDoren 9 months ago
god i havent listened to the cranberries in ages .... awesome song thanks for including it in the clip :D
blacksupra001 9 months ago
They look like harvester blades.
Winterwolf00 11 months ago
Nice design! It looks very safe since the blades were inside in a cylinder-like trap that protects the wind turbine's blades in causing possible accidents. What a great idea. Aside form that, the turbine spins smoothly but fast. Fast movement provides higher energy level in a wind turbine to produce free electricity.
windturbinesinc 11 months ago
Looks like this thing will slice and dice birds into nice little chucks...... not that thats a bad thing. The homeless need to eat to.
debosomething 11 months ago
Beautiful Music !!
MyCarla27 1 year ago
Looking at videos today. I like the clip, nice job, have a look at my Home Wind Turbine videos and subscribe or friend me if you like. My patent pending system won a Green Design Contest, check it out.
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WindPowerKits 1 year ago
Cranberries really? this doesn't even come close to that moment.
egn83b 1 year ago 3
Interesting how it ran faster tipped at about 30 degrees and then slowed down once vertical. I wonder if the air being able to easily flow up to the top made it run faster?
imikewillrockyou 1 year ago
@imikewillrockyou - I noticed that also at about :25 thru :27 in the video. Interesting looks like some investigation would be necessary.
1foxtrot70 1 year ago
@1foxtrot70 They really should look at that, there was clearly a big difference in speed.
imikewillrockyou 1 year ago
@1foxtrot70 I just noticed the other turbine speeds up at the same time. Maybe it was just a wind gust.
imikewillrockyou 1 year ago
@imikewillrockyou - I have noticed on other videos by other authors similar anamoly. Possibly might be an optcal distortion of some kind?
1foxtrot70 1 year ago
@imikewillrockyou Wind flows down toward the earth which is why most turbine manufacturers tilt the blades at an upward angle.
liljohnbigslick 1 year ago
they should be everywhere
JacobH420 1 year ago
@JacobH420 Wind power of any kind. It is too bad our government doesn't agressively support home power generation with utility as a backup source.
1foxtrot70 1 year ago
@1foxtrot70 my grandfather left me a 70 acre farm im going to run it off of a homemade wind generator
snow54445 1 year ago
@snow54445 I encourage anyone to put up some sort of alternative energy producing systen i.e. wind, solar, etc. Even though by federal law your local utility is required to purchase your power they always seem to find a way to weasel out of the spirit of the law. In my area it costs $0.083 per kilowatt hr for residential customers and for Co-op customers it is a range of $0.11 to $0.15 per kiliwatt hr.
1foxtrot70 1 year ago
@1foxtrot70 - The Net Metering Act here allows for the utility company to slide by claiming a purchase of wind energy at $0.05 per kilowatt hr claiming it is the cost avoidance of having to produce the power and no credit obviously given for the adminstrative costs. To make this a REAL profit in your pocket is set up an alternative energy system then have a service cut-over switch set up to select either your local utility or your own power.
1foxtrot70 1 year ago
@1foxtrot70 - By using the cut-over switch you can use utility power when you need to take your system down for repair. The reduces your monthly bill to the minimum that the utility charges for having a meter on your property in my area about $12 per month.
1foxtrot70 1 year ago
Love IT!!! California needs to invest more in Green Tech!!! Prop 23 is down in the polls, but the Yes on 23 campaign just got a new influx of hot, anonymous cash, so we'll need to fend them off in the home stretch to Election Day.
Hit me back if you'd like to talk Prop 23. We're coming out with a bunch of great No on Prop 23 videos soon!
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prop23FAIL 1 year ago
I think the vertical generators are the future of wind power
Thatmetaldude590 1 year ago
Hmmm looks like a giant Cuisinart.... The bird lovers are gonna go hysterical over that one.
nfhiggs 1 year ago
geothermal just works on the temperature difference between the ground 10-200ft deep and and the ambient air. It is very efficient even with the normal ground temp but is costly. you also need some ground to drill deep wells or that you can lay loops of tubing in after you make a deep trench. with all this digging and drilling and the heat exchangers which are loike an air conditioner in you furnace, they cost 8-20 thou in Canada
itsandbits1 1 year ago
Hey BrianAStier: Geothermal is a very localized resource. You have to be over a "hot spot" where water can be injected. Then you have to have a use for hot water beyond the shower. So its expensive to install, and you need electricity to run it. Yes, there are technical solutions for most of the problems, just a matter of money.
daveknow 1 year ago
I think what we all really want to know is whether or not this thing can produce 1.21 jiggawatts!
teenlabotomy89 1 year ago 6
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It's gigawatts, and yes it will. The blades have to get up to 88mph however.
needtomesswithyou 1 year ago
@teenlabotomy89
That was AWESOME! But how many people know what your talking about?
OREGONREPTILEMAN 1 year ago
@OREGONREPTILEMAN They need to rent and watch the movie "Back to The Future"
1foxtrot70 1 year ago
@OREGONREPTILEMAN loads ;)
Vrael1022 1 year ago
@teenlabotomy89
1.21 JIGGIWATTS!?!??!!?
lovemyrinker 1 year ago
@teenlabotomy89 GREAT SCOTT?!
Vrael1022 1 year ago
@teenlabotomy89 I bet it does if a lightning hits it.
mmikkone 8 months ago
There are better suited wind turbines than this one but this one is at least better looking than pinwheel style windmills. If you look up "realrace".colm, you may come up with the wind turbine that moves with little wind because its designed with special magnets to minimize the friction and it has a whole set of stable fins on the outside of the moving blades so that animals and birds are less likely to get caught in the turbine. Check it out if you really want to find solutions and be happy.
laurasIs2c 1 year ago
Those look just like those spinning MOT signs outside the garage.
rhx123 1 year ago
Just a word about the birds. I've seen more birds killed by professional sports than I have seen killed by wind turbines. That's right! I saw birds get killed in baseball, tennis, and even once in golf. Wind turbines are awesome and they serve a great purpose. P.S. I love professional sports too.
SmearTheEar 1 year ago
@SmearTheEar so tru man... we kill chickens,,,,, cows goats,, and lamb.. to eat .. if ppl make points to say it kills birds they are a&& h0les.... ppl r so dumb.... wind and solar are far the most safest producing 0% CO2... "to gain something you need take something!" we cut down forests to make space for our cities and for wood! why not by-cot that.. instead
PAKISRULEZ 1 year ago
@SmearTheEar What about buildings? Those bird stickers aren't just for decoration.
VCat2006 1 year ago
nice...
aphionorman 1 year ago
I think The Riddler would be proud.
/nerdy comment.
CarmineTransfer 1 year ago
this is similar to the helix wind turbine
Sunnyhappyday 1 year ago
to solve the bird problem, just put a net cage around it
JUKIO01 1 year ago
@JUKIO01 cool, this invention is cool :)
telewebservices 1 year ago
The city where I work situated near the sea, every afternoon till late evening strong winds would blow throughout the city & I think to myself I wish every building would have small VAWT units on top of every building to produce clean energy..To the inventor of the Aerotecture, please come to North Borneo your invention is needed more here.
TogieTung 1 year ago
how much energy do these turbines produce?
hayseman 1 year ago
I'd love to have one in the back yard
walperstyle 1 year ago
Cranberries!
Digitoolsheep 1 year ago
the way i see it ugly and a bit safer for the environment or just keep burning coal and in the long run poison are kids planet
MrBigtower 1 year ago
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robhoneycutt 1 year ago
Linger by the Cranberries
kevinpwhite 1 year ago
what's the song's name please!!??
jongkongmas 1 year ago
These are much safer than the regular ones....
mcrod 1 year ago
more art than science
CodeWarriorx0539 1 year ago
This is not free energy. This is a bird blender. Keep that rotisserie hot and handy. Whoop howdy, we gonna have some spotted owl. Ha ha.
Nu13th 1 year ago
I love reading the comments on you tube. Man you guys make me laugh.
nice one
nasabear1 2 years ago
sweet Darwin theory in the real world. the dumb birds fly into it and the smart breed.
hendotintco 2 years ago
That's an interesting design and I like seeing all the different ideas. Looks like a big job to assemble and erect that on a rooftop. Thanks for sharing the video.
SmallWindTurbines 2 years ago
I am always a fan of FREE energy!
rap9206 2 years ago
I love it but I still think it looks like a giant bird blender. Could it have nets to prevent birds trying to fly into it? Or do birds not fly into it?
markkragh 2 years ago
My thoughts aswell. I think, acceptable spaced square lengths much like chicken wire could be used.
Kimble275 2 years ago
this wind turbine has no sharp edges nor a lot of mass and even in high speeds winds its designed no to move fast enough to kill a bird even if a that bird would fly into it. This come from using sails and not blades like a normal turbine.
dexdrako 2 years ago
it's not the turning blades I want to see, but what comes out of it.
All that metal stuff just to get an output of 12v 10 watts at 50 miles per hour wind ???.
watch my tiny turbine now , at least it lights up something.
Now show us what your blades are generating please , but don't give up just keep on experimenting.
joebriffa60 2 years ago
where do you get these numbers from?
markkragh 2 years ago
Cranberries reference is always a winner.
brukins 2 years ago
1 step closer to making those Arabs have to drink that oil instead of getting filthy rich off it.
bullcurr 2 years ago
Wow, those are cool. It would be awesome to drive through a city 10 years from now and see something like that on every roof.
deltaray3 2 years ago
I agree. These things look amazing.
Virginityrocks 2 years ago
If it makes noise I don't want one near my house. Plus these turbines are ugly. Too much to maintain. Not cost effective.
ledrac573 2 years ago
your idea would be???
ATOMsMasHER22 2 years ago
What the hell? These things look cool.
Freshbott2 2 years ago
this is not necessarily a new concept as much as a new take on a already existing concept the "vertical axis turbine" he may of improved efficency and creation installment cost but it is not "a new kind of wind turbine" more of a unknown design
96eternaldamnation96 2 years ago
Chicago? EEEWW. Sichening.
ovomac 2 years ago
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That's truly amazing! I slashed my electric bill in half! look here: solar.xfollow.me (Copy to your browser's address bar)
iknowyoux 2 years ago
its all a game of reasorces Global carbon tax 1 world goverment get real peeps, there is no democracy!!
xiwow 2 years ago
It does actually assist people with it by paying back 40% of its cost. Still a plan where the utility company owns the solar and wind geterators on your house/building and rents it out would make more sense to me.
Lewa4683 2 years ago
I still don't get why we're not using geothermal...
BrianAStier 2 years ago 18
because we're dumb...and it's pretty expensive to install, even if it does pay for itself eventually.
Frankenpalin 2 years ago
Try reading up on the subject. Most thick crust geothermal sites have diminishing returns.
sniperpaddy 2 years ago
@BrianAStier drillers go after oil
datzfast 1 year ago
ruins the land where it's used
KooKas2oo8 1 year ago
@BrianAStier we do use it, you just need a few acres of land and a govt grant, not too hard to get either
Fiercefighter2 1 year ago
@BrianAStier From my local paper, it appears that the government worries those systems might pollute ground water.
VCat2006 1 year ago
@BrianAStier Easily accesible geothermal sources are not everywhere. You need to drill very deep in most cases and find a suitable spot in the rock to inject the water and recover it at high temp.
etiennemarcus 1 year ago
@BrianAStier
Cost-profit ratio
Businesses usually aren't willing to shell out the money to drill and place lines when it's still cheaper to build gas or coal plants.
On the other hand, geothermal heating/cooling systems aren't much more than a compressor ac system and are much cheaper to run.
user136002 1 year ago
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@BrianAStier we are...... no one cares thoe
usernamen0tfound 1 year ago
@BrianAStier from what i understand, most places where you can set up a geothermal plant are not convenient. you'd have to build whole new systems of high tension transmission lines, whereas with wind there are a lot more opportunities in areas convenient to existing systems.
also, geothermal plants become inoperable within a few decades or less, because of mineral buildup and other factors.
jwallbanger 1 year ago
@BrianAStier
Hi Brian! I live about 300 miles from the most active volcano on the planet here in Hawaii, and to my knowledge there is zero geothermal power being generated ! If this were an honest world the Hawiians would be developing that source of energy and selling it to the rest of the state. We suffer the highest kilowatt price in the nation !
The last number reported for ammounts of magma flowing daily was 800,000 cubic yds. What a waste.
PDSalling 1 year ago
@PDSalling
I guess you've never heard of Puna Geothermal Venture on the Big Island of Hawaii. They produce 25 - 30 megawatts of power. Which feeds about 20 % of the Big Island's electrical needs.
warriortcs 1 year ago
@warriortcs Thanks for the info...
I remember years ago , when 'True Oil' brought over the drill rig, and the 'pilot project' was begun,.. but it was my thinking that the Hydrogen Sulfide leaks had eventually caused such a stir, that it was shut down.(glad to hear I'm mistaken). So,... why has this technology not been expanded to serve the rest of the state? And why no domestic 'hot water' like in Iceland?...
PDSalling 1 year ago
@BrianAStier
Easy.
It's too free.
Celebrindan 1 year ago
@BrianAStier Because, to drill enough deep is very expensive.
Vladek385 1 year ago
@BrianAStier geothermal is in fact one of the worst ideas ever for getting energy on a large scale. which means that we will have it up and running here pretty soon in the USA and the rest of the world will be bitching about it.
jrowe6 1 year ago
@BrianAStier
Uk is too cold. Temperature is unreliable at best.
You could use underground geothermal energy but you`ld have to dig very deep and its expensive.
Thedarkbluelight 1 year ago
@BrianAStier I think people are worried about inducing seismic activity.
chuobio 1 year ago
where;s th load............
eitoobmiz 2 years ago 2
too bad the bail out money cannot go to assist average people in setting their homes and offices with these and solar panels too.
jasong19711 2 years ago 2
No that would be too productive and intelligent and stimulating for the economy we cant have actual stimulus in our stimulus bill that's just stupid
Robodude288 2 years ago
Well if I didn't have to give my first born to buy this stuff I would.
CosmosPrivateer 3 years ago 2
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The US uses 3.3 terriwatts of power. How many terriwatts of power could I buy for $819 billlion?
JohnLloydScharf 3 years ago
I noticed that before the "cylinders" were perpendicular to the flow of air,they seemed to turn faster and then slowed down when totally upright - was this an optical illusion? Maybe mounting on a pivoting base at about a 45 degree angle would make it more efficient?
MickeyClark69 3 years ago
FAST BREEDER REACTORS, that's the FUTURE, not wind.
CaptainFudges 3 years ago
i got nothing wrong with air or nuclear reactor, but try and get that past the oil companies. they have been going on tv sayin the drop in gas prices is bad because there is less demand for oil, which is completely fine with me!
in idaho, we have probably 80-90% of electricty generated from by hydro electric or wind, so i think it could be applied everywhere
motox00 3 years ago
You live in Idaho? Near Idaho National Laboratory?! You bastard, what wouldn't I give to go and work there...
CaptainFudges 3 years ago 2
Zero Point Energy and all other sustainable sources of energy Are The Future.
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chumman111000 3 years ago
Free market or no free market, we must reward those who perseverance those technologies.
telewebservices 3 years ago
well, not by government. there's lots of technology out there that isnt being used because of polotics.
motox00 3 years ago
do these ones generate more energy than regular ones.
Donovancs1 3 years ago
They are far more adaptable to high turbulence areas such as cities. As to the efficiency differential, I wish I could help, but I would dare say that in turbulent areas, these are the ones you would want.
Plutonwolf 3 years ago
Are you psychic or what? I just got some info from another youtube site on a Helix design from a private company in CA. Before I can buy one of these - I am going to drive the state crazy to give us rebates and incentives. I've got 2 acres - and the front field will be nothing more than a blackberry field for U-Pick operation and there's so many trees edging of my property even my neighbors can't complain. This design is similar. - Hugs Wolf. I am going to start with T. Boone Pickens.
okiedragonlady2 3 years ago
I'm a witch, so it shouldn't be surprising ;-)
Wind is a long over looked source of renewable energy and is coming into it's own rapidly! And solar has damn near unlimited up side potential, both in direct electrical generation and as a source for hot water for personal use and home heating.
Another odd use is geo-thermal A/C, this all depends on the ambient soil temprature, Oklahoma may be too hot, but if not, it works like 'magik' LOL
Plutonwolf 3 years ago
We only have one solar panel company in Tulsa right now - he said wait until Jan due to incentives - I am going to drive the state legislature nutty too. T Boone Pickins should be working with these kinds of companies too - we have good wind here - and plenty of sun. GoeThermal works if you can afford the dig. Husband is talkingof putting 8 inc walls inside the house - envelope it.
okiedragonlady2 3 years ago
People are going to have to stfu about appearance if they want to save the world. Seriously, some people..
killath303 3 years ago
how do these vertical ones work?
airbuscrazy 3 years ago
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A couple of these in a hurricane could probably power my tv.
masteropie001 3 years ago
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."
tattoosurf17 3 years ago 32
@tattoosurf17 What ?? Like power lines, I live remote in the mountains far from neighbors and make serious hard sacrifices to live like this. Hey if your going to be offended by a neighbor's anything then you need to live like I do, I think neighbors themselves are ugly eyesores lol, love all of course but I dont even want to see their houses man. PS, I clicked on this just because I thouht it looked cool : )))
BigFishingShop 1 year ago
@tattoosurf17 Ha Ha, a wise man once said.. good fences make good neighbors. I love that quote. I have neighbors all around me and three wind turbines on my roof. They love them and nobody cares because they are clean and professional and above all, they are quiet and very stable. You can just clearly see at a glance and a listen, that it's no problem at all.
SmallWindTurbines 1 year ago
@tattoosurf17 I think that depends on your personal aesthetic tastes. I've always loved windmill's and have never though of them as eyesores. Now going to HB and seeing all the onshore and offshore oil derricks pumping away were ugly to me. I thought this particular turbine design is even more gorgeous than the standard one.
acydrayn 1 year ago
@tattoosurf17
I think we should plop a nuclear plant in their backyard and ask them "Okay, how's that?"
monkeyman1140 1 year ago
@tattoosurf17 and ironically i think they are gorgeous-- like watching wves on the shore or a fireplace.
androydnyc 1 year ago
@tattoosurf17 I think they look great, and even though they make a ton of noise downwind I wouldnt mind living near them.
Fiercefighter2 1 year ago
@tattoosurf17
That argument is insane. This and all other wind turbines are SO beautiful not only aesthetically but because we're using what this world has to give without ruining it.
birdablaze 1 year ago
@birdablaze that 's what he is saying if you read closer. to the stereotypical point of view its a legislative red tape. ! funny how you slated him while both having the same opinion. chill
dazzmazzz 1 year ago
@dazzmazzz
Maybe I didn't make myself clear in my comment. I'm completely agreeing with him.
birdablaze 1 year ago
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.
fanClassicRock 3 years ago
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acslims 3 years ago
THE CRANBERRIES 'DREAMS'
datsMIGHTYfunny 3 years ago
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.
mechtech2004 3 years ago
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.
caucazoidandroid 3 years ago 2
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!!!
telewebservices 3 years ago
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utanja 3 years ago
My post was a reply to mechtech2004 (4 months ago)
I don't know why it wasn't posted as a reply to him/her.
telewebservices 3 years ago
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?
eddieg2008 3 years ago
Yes, it can, and has been! Check out their site - there are several installations in downtown Chicago, as well as elsewhere.
kharamaan 1 year ago
@kharamaan several here in downtown portland.
Polybun 1 year ago
just like the turby;)
wolverineeeeeeeee 3 years ago
what about solar power
moony461 3 years ago
i think its damn brilliant....!!!
ponstonxx 3 years ago
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.
IronChefSpam 3 years ago
I'd imagine, jasong here, has lots of stocks in... coal.. or perhaps nuclear power?
eyethesuicide 3 years ago
The first half of jasong's comment was quoting Thundermack's.
vaecrius 3 years ago
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...
WiresAnSteel 3 years ago
why NOT use the FREE energy around us???
jasong19711 3 years ago 2
OK, I wanna do it!!! Please explain what is the idea?
viesturstube 3 years ago
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.
caucazoidandroid 3 years ago
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.
dktguy 3 years ago
I don't know where you are, but here in the U.S. People have home built wind powered generators and using them, and selling the left over power back to the grid, they been doing it for years.
gpdnp 3 years ago 2
This is correct because I know of someone who bought 1 of those WHISPER style factory made wind turbines and is selling power back! They not only get FREE power they get PAID for it when the wind blows excessively!!!!!
I WANT ONE!!!!!!!
pwnage0013 3 years ago 2
True we need better machines, but I think it's passionate people actually doing it that change attitudes and encourage others. I don't think most goverments (Germans & the Danish not included) are really serious about this subject and it's up to individuals, groups to change things. I guess hippys certainly had the passion just not the materials we have now.
solarday 3 years ago
oh wow Thundermack77, you are one ignorant moron, go back to school and learn something useful..goodbye
arogers44 3 years ago
A major complaint with wind turbines of all types is the noise pollution they produce. Persons a mile away can hear the subsonic resonance, especially annoying late at night even when the conditions aren't ideal. A relative of mine is an acoustic engineer. He was hired by a committee from a small town in the thumb of Michigan to help fight a government backed plan to erect hundreds of wind turbines. Not all are opposed though. Many farmers accept payment to have the turnines on their property.
metaspherz 3 years ago
would you like a thermo-nuclear plant near your house?!..
fatal1gy 3 years ago
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yeah i want nuke plant on me..they can build it into my house..are you a tard? u gotta be a tard.
nuke plants are great..you build them underground or into a mountain range..nevcr worry. and how many accidents are there in 30 years..1? and the rest are burst water lines.
how many accidents did you have? i know tards have a lot..
Thundermack77 3 years ago
The Cernobil accident affected 3/4 of Europe...and there areas it still affects today...happy now?
fatal1gy 3 years ago 3
Cernobyl? Bad choice. It was built over 35 years ago, the accident was in '82. The Commies made tremendous errors in judgement, construction, maintenence & management. The problem was caused by a steam explosion. Most areas except the immediate surroundings are safe for habitation & commerce. Cernobyl wasn't a model facility, nor as safe as 3 Mile Island that had an accident 5 years prior. More persons have died mining coal. Burning it's damaged the ecosystem more than all the Nuclear plants.
metaspherz 3 years ago
That was the first example that popped up in my mind, due to the fact that i live in eastern Europe. I am not against nuclear power, but we all have to admit that free, wind, solar or water energy is the future..
fatal1gy 3 years ago
Free is good. Getting paid for putting electricity back into the system is good too. I like the future of solar and hydrogen. Wind turbines are very inefficient & need a minimum wind speed to convert the kinetic energy into mechanical enegy. Space is an issue too. When need is greatest in Summer there's a lot of downtime. Nuclear is still iffy. Today, in Florida, a Nuclear facility shut down due to external electrical failure. Demand was the problem. Around 800,000 persons were affected.
metaspherz 3 years ago
Don't hold your breath on creating anything free or selling back power. We need major technology strides to be made. Much of what we see here is daydreaming, and no where near ready for the real world. Love the ideas, just get ready to wait 20+ years. Hippys in the 60's were playing with this stuff, and we've progressed very little.
rick0289 3 years ago 2
Sadly, you're correct. Many solar energy companies went under in the late '80's.
When cheap oil can be had energy efficiency & innovation is swept under the rug. Then when the prices rise again oil interests bribe the innovators to shut them up. In the '70's, during the oil embargo, there was a story about a guy claiming he invented a engine powered by water...hydrogen power maybe? He got an offer to sell that he couldn't refuse. Was it a hoax? Dreams or not the consumer always loses.
metaspherz 3 years ago
yeh, sad fact. while the solar and wind generating companies went under, the big oil co's are still getting fed subsidies, and for what? why doesnt the fed subsidize the clean energy sources?
antonacid 3 years ago
Alot has changed since the "hippy-era" firstly people are tired of getting gouged at the gas pumps + more people are becoming concerned about their "carbon footprints" on this earth. The big energy companies have a harder time silencing this technology now**
mookixox 3 years ago
Hmm good point! that's why they should build such things higher up on mountain ranges or in the desert. As in Nevada, there are plenty of places for wind farms. Although they should also look into solar panels, that's silent.
Piffer76 3 years ago
Check out the amazing, phenomenal article on large scale SOLAR ENERGY VIABILITY in the January 2008 issue of 'SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN'! Don't let anyone tell you it's not feasible!
sophiegromit 3 years ago
wind power RULES!!!!!!
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wind power is gay...fag....why do you want hundreds of massive windmills all over the place..its so ugly
Thundermack77 3 years ago
Thundermack77........You got to be about GAY wanting that POISON instead of clean , infinite, and FREE energy.
laleeloolelol 3 years ago 2