Tesnic vs Darrieus - part I

felicitari, imi doresc si eu o astfel de turbina . succes

I like it so much, I want to see these mounted all over the sides of high rise buildings where winds are always moving fast.

Nice wind turbine but at the beginning it looks like the blades are going up?

Wouldn't it be possible to add a solar panel and use its energy to help start the turbine?

:-) ... you forget to mention suggested retail pricing ... the unit that you show will probably be in the 100W range, maybe even less ... but it's complexity will force you to charge probably $5000.00 or more ... no one who does the math will pay for it.

The prototype in the video is 600W. Before making other speculations I suggest you visit our website.

Wow, I knew tis would work.
I invented the same stator idea 40 years ago. If anyone is interested, I could show you my submission to the Dept of Energy, applying for a grant for this.
No hard feelings, though. Good luck with it.

maybe i am stupid but is there a limit on how high they can build these? Could you build one a few stories high or more and really max out the available wind energy in that given vertical space? i am no engineer so pardon if this is a stupid idea.

You are right, to build these turbines at MegaWatts level will be an interesting engineering challenge, but it's not impossible. Imagine the stator vanes as high rise buildings and the rotor in between. A couple of concept buildings integrating large HAWT wind turbines are already in development across the world.

Has a bird impact series of tests been performed? Eventually, an errant bird will inadvertantly fly into one of these nice turbines.

Good luck to your company. Great to see technology forging ahead without the government and/or industry granting its permission.