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Makani Power's New Wind Turbine Producing Energy Cheaper Than Coal Plants

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:56:23 +0000

Makani Power, a company that innovates in the field of wind turbines, has recently received a grant from ARPA-E for developing their Airborne Wind Turbine (AWT), they call Makani M1. Unlike other wind turbines, this one is made of a wing equipped with three small propellers which spin endlessly around its ground anchor point.

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MicroBelt – Portable Wind Energy Harvester to Power Wireless Sensors

Mike Sandru — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:53:27 +0000

Humdinger Wind Energy LLC has developed a micro turbine called MicroBelt, that is able power the new information age with a billion tiny harvesters. The millions of wireless sensors that collect a variety of information could be powered by this little device.

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Prius-Like Gearbox to be Used in Less Pricey Wind Turbines

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:50:42 +0000

The CVT (continuously variable transmission) technology is already being used in hybrid cars, and now it enters the wind turbine industry. Texas-based Viryd Technologies, use CVTs to make the fluctuating wind speeds convert into a more efficient stream of AC current that will be fed to the grids.

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WindCube: 60kW Small, Stackable Wind Turbines

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:02:09 +0000

The device below is known as WindCube, and is developed by Green Energy Technologies. It incorporates a fan and a wind concentrator system, which directs the wind at a higher speed though the fan, producing eight times more electricity than if it wasn't used.

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