bladeless wind turbine Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:23:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 “Saphonian” Bladeless Wind Turbine Doubles Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/saphonian-bladeless-wind-turbine-20121108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/saphonian-bladeless-wind-turbine-20121108/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:38:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27791 Wind energy has the potential to power the world, and innovators are trying to find new technologies that harness the energy in the most efficient, cost effective way. Conventional bladed wind turbines are fantastic in theory, but in reality they do not always harness energy efficiently and can be prohibitively expensive. Saphon Energy is one […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/saphonian-bladeless-wind-turbine-20121108/feed/ 2 27791 Bladeless Wind Turbine Built by Solar Aero, Inspired by Nikola Tesla's Invention https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-aero-tesla-bladeless-wind-turbine-20100504/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-aero-tesla-bladeless-wind-turbine-20100504/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 18:36:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7547 Remember that Tesla turbine we wrote about two years ago? Or the Tesla turbine made out of a hard drive? Nikola Tesla patented these turbines back in 1913, but he wasn't able to build them properly because the metals he could use at that time didn't have the right thickness and quality.

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