New Wind Turbine Design Increases Efficiency 4 fold
Posted on May 02, 2008 - 11:07 AM
By: Adam Beazley
A company called FlowDesign has taken a page from the aeronautical engineering field and designed a type of “Jet Engine” wind turbine. These new wind turbines are said to be able to produce four times more electricity than typical wind turbines. Not only that, but because of their design, they can be placed closer together because they do not disrupt the wind flow as much.
Along with the better and more efficient turbine design, Flowdesign has also designed the transportation and installation methods to make this wind turbine even more efficient. This this type of efficiency increase in the design and production, we could see wind power being a better and cheaper alternative to coal. Flowdesign has been given $500,000 by a Massachusetts company to further develop their turbine design, the installation process and to streamline the manufacturing process.
Check out the original article over at EcoGeek and you can see a very nice rendered video explaining how these new “jet engine” wind turbines really work.
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By blog design on 06/18/2008
4 times more lectricity sounds good. we just need more power for less
By ken on 07/19/2009
I loved the flow design concept. The big problem is you can’t buy it in the usa. A lot of great ideas are kept away. Now in Canada they have one that really trips my trigger. It takes on the looks of a common roof vent. It is small in size but with three of them in series it would have the potential to produce enough energy to supply the verage home. Awsome idea and reasonbly priced to boot. VAWT
