jet wind turbine Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:43:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 FloDesign's Jet Engine Wind Turbine Passing to Production Phase https://www.greenoptimistic.com/flodesigns-jet-engine-like-wind-turbine-passing-to-production-phase-20100121/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/flodesigns-jet-engine-like-wind-turbine-passing-to-production-phase-20100121/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:43:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6353 It's almost two years since I first wrote about Flodesign's Jet Engine-like wind turbine, and, at that time, I was saying it was 4 times more efficient than any regular wind turbine used today. Now it's good news to hear that they grew up, and their plans pass on from theory to practice.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/flodesigns-jet-engine-like-wind-turbine-passing-to-production-phase-20100121/feed/ 2 6353 Jet Engine-Like Wind Turbine – 4 Times More Efficient https://www.greenoptimistic.com/jet-engine-like-wind-turbine-4-times-more-efficient-20080331/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/jet-engine-like-wind-turbine-4-times-more-efficient-20080331/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:28:19 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=257 Here's an invention that should capture more of the world's attention, because it can capture more of the world's winds. Flodesign's "jet engine"-shaped wind turbine has a slightly different way of seeing the wind flow, and by this it is three to four times more efficient.

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