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Aeolian Wind Turbine?

svetz

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Seems like an interesting idea:

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Quiet and vibration-free sounds more like a design goal than reality. Pity solid-state wind energy isn't efficient, it would be nice to have a cheap and maintenance-free wind energy source.
 
Saw that here:

Pretty interesting.

It will be fun to see where they are in 1 year and if they are still around 3 years. I don't mean them any ill will but history does not shine favorably on small wind startups, especially those featuring drag based machines on residential roofs.

That YouTube video mentioned 5,000 annual KWH @ 6 Meters per second which is ~13.4 mph. That eliminates 99% of residential roofs in the US.

Just under 4 kW of PV will (actually) produce 5,000 KWH/yr for the next 30+ years. Plus it doesn't have any moving parts.

Sorry, I'm just a grumpy scrooge when it comes to small wind.

EDIT: I wish I wasn't this grumpy and that small wind being so full of scam artists didn't get to live rent free in my head.
 
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