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home made wind turbine for £35

Encore’s proof-of-concept SideWinder wind-turbine demo unit develops tremendous torque at its central shaft even in low speed winds.

The SideWinder is radically-different than any other wind turbine technology being offered today and targets the most lucrative and currently untapped market for wind power: the low wind-speed ROOFTOP WIND market — harnessing clean wind energy on top of mini-malls and buildings around the world.

As of yet, we don’t have every aspect of the system optimized (we still need to engineer a soft-landing pneumatic or hydraulic shock-absorber system for the wind-shutters/louvers when they open).

The shutters/louvers are made out of high-strength low-weight carbon composites and right now, because of the varying wind speeds and wind gusts that will change the RPM of the power take-off shaft — we plan to connect the SideWinder’s central rotating mast with gears to a DC generator whose DC output is then sent through a high-power DC-AC inverter to give the end-user the AC power it needs.

Energy Solutions

VP100 Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Prototype Spinning at Clines Corners, New Mexico May 2007. Capable of generating 150 – 300 MWh of annual energy at good wind sites. VAWTPower Management, Inc.

DIY Power

New kind of wind turbine designed by a guy at the University of Chicago. Check it out at aerotecture.com.

Homemade Energy

Wind Turbine Vertical at the SBE, Nottingham. there are trees nearby and a taller building adjacent. The horizontal anenometer is swivelling around like mad. Even the horizontal turbine on the tower nearby is unable to hold a good angle.

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First outing for the turbine

ITV news about The Green Company’s home wind turbine research and test site

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Combo Rotor Vertical Axis Wind Turbine System
Range from 400W to 3KW.

Features:
1. Less Noise and good for Household application
2. Ease to start up at light wind: 2.5 m/s
3. Good Power Output (33% Capacity Performance with MPPT Power Controller)
4. Day-n-Night , 24 hours a day for 15 service years
5. Safe and Bird-hitting free
6. Small Space (within 1 square meter) for Installation
7. Less Turbulence problem

For details, please contact: eric@digitalhomeshop.net

Homemade Energy

A video record of the new Vestas v82 wind turbine erected on the St. Olaf campus in Northfield Minnesota

http://myfavouriteplaces.org Inside a wind turbine, windmill and shots from a siemens 1.3MW (megawatt) turbine.

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