Feb 10
Wind power is one of the fastest growing forms of alternative energy in the world. More and more, wind power mills are seen in the countryside, in large wind farms and for the most part, away from city life. But a new form of wind power is now designed to work in an urban environment. VOA producer Zulima Palacio has the story. Mill Arcega narrates.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
affordable is relative
February 10th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
build them in the ocean where they be more efficient quit building them in the Allegheney mountains
February 10th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Wind power is the alternate source of clean energy. There are many companies who are working towards the production of clean and more affordable energy. Transformer company, Pacific Crest Transformers has articles and whitepapers on wind energy. They also provide custom-built energy efficient transformers for wind farms.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
probably less noisy than you; and definitely more useful… pea brain.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
VAWT > HAWT all day baby! MEGLEV all the way.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Bird friendly lol
February 10th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
i have been to the largest wind farms in oklahoma, they are not noisey, the wind blowing across your year is enough o drowned them out. funny thing though i saw no dead birds on the ground. peace
February 10th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
can i know do u hv a web so as i may know more.
may be one day i might be reseller of your products in asia. pls let me know further infor.
tks
February 10th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
As the opening video shows, the large wind farms don’t use a vertical design because of the poor yield they usually get? How many watts can you get in a 6mph wind? 6 mph is the cut in speed of the most efficient home wind turbines.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
awesome , i did a video on windfarm near me
February 10th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
that thing is junk and is to noisey!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
and they do die all the time , flying into these turbines!!
this one is no exception!!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
If proper studies were done ahead of time, bird death should be non-existent. They have built a wind farm along a bird migration route here in Sweden. There are 12 turbines that 1.5 million birds pass through each year. They found one bird death between 1999-2003. And they monitor it by sight and by radar at night.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
that would suck if a bird flew into the blades
February 10th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Interesting.
Does anyone know what wind speed is required for 1.2Kwh? Completed (installed) cost? How would this unit compare to the Whisper?
February 10th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
It got to be as effective as it claim in generating power. It does looks promising.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
it seems to be a very effective piece of technology. It is cost effective and will ultimately, decrease our dependency on fuel. Let’s do it!
Joshua Spencer
February 11th, 2010 at 12:02 am
I think a investigation of wind turbines like this on a larger scale needs to happen, I have seen the one at the botanical garden in high winds its a little noisy and wobbly, But it does not give shadows like traditional wind turbines, so on a larger scale something of this nature could be a really good solution, and if its at the botanic garden it’s got the attention of the US government.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:45 am
This is the way it SHOULD be done, vs. desecrating and industrializing so many scenic landscapes.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:28 am
it’s called wind
February 11th, 2010 at 1:53 am
does the wind stop blowing at night where you live?
February 11th, 2010 at 2:48 am
Love to have a vertical wind turbine. Check out OIL SPILL ELIMINATOR on You Tube
February 11th, 2010 at 3:38 am
Power can be stored as hot water or by charging batteries. I didn’t use the link to see the website, but it’s normal logic thinking based on ordinary media information
February 11th, 2010 at 3:41 am
New type fridges and washers use a fraction of the old style. The challenge is energy storage unless you have a contract with your power company to sell when you have too much and get some of theirs when not. And, wind is available at night as well unless your wind systems are solely anabatic/catabatic. A 3 kw wind turbine combined with some solar voltaic and maybe some geo-thermal will make you totally independent of your current energy providers.
February 11th, 2010 at 3:54 am
wind fan+ small generator=electricity
if you live in the windy area, it will produce the electricity 24 hours none stop , you pay no electricity bill and you can also sell the the extra electricity to electric company, it depend on how many wind turbine you have it. just like money maker machine in your back yard.