New Wind Turbine FloDesign

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Jet engine inspired FloDesign boosts wind turbine output Green Tech CNET News I got this off of cnet.com. Thanks from Martin LaMonica from cnet news. Here is the article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-103... I have never liked wind turbines, because they are noisy, ugly, and it takes 10,000 of them to equal the power of a medium sized coal plant. This new design is a major improvement in my opinion.

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[Gotmotts34]

why do these not exisist in cities where they are needed

[Frank Hartvig Jørgensen]

Nice. About time that windturbine getting smaller and more safe. And still having a good produktion

[xTheDeathSaintx]

anyone have an idea the cost it would be to DIY one

[mysticlovespiral]

They got 56 million in venture financing. Enough said.

[boB Gudgel]

How come I don't see these turbines all over the place if they are 3 times better than regular wind turbines ??

[npast1]

1. This will be very noisy.  2. wind farms will be underperforming because of the highly turbulent wakes.

[zelotbrood]

this is like other thinks in life, u fix one problem but another comes, the problem now is the mother of all... Lightning, it willl no longer hit in precise places on the unit, where lightning conductors are installed, in a storm a turbine can be hit 5 or 6 times by it, with a force from 6 KA to 40KA... and that coil will be hit and the turbine will burn.

[Matrix29bear]

Well, logically, the best move is to include a thermal sensor and a heating coil into the body of the turbine itself. Once it registers the temperature to be around 36 degrees, it offloads a portion of the energy captured into heating the turbine up to prevent an ice-over.

I have no idea if the makers of this device have also used logical thinking towards that obvious issue.

[chernobila]

Shut up and take my money