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If Bigger Wind Turbines are Better, then Why Go Smaller?

Benji Jerew — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:34:14 +0000

Recent developments in blade technology and turbine size have proven that bigger is better when it comes to wind turbine costs, efficiency and overall power output. This is true, for the most part, and wind energy is becoming cheaper per kWh than even fossil fuels in some areas. By increasing blade length, and therefore the […]

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Efficiently-Arranged Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Could Offer 2 Times The Power of Classic Ones

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:22:11 +0000

It looks like the CalTech guys are not the only ones involved in such inventions, as a company called "Wind Harvest International" says they can double the ourput of large horizontal axis wind farms by placing one-megawatt VAWTs between them, in a way that would boost their power output.

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Super-Efficient Vertical Wind Turbines for Home Use

Cristi — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:58:43 +0000

A Taiwanese company called Hi Energy Technology has brought onto market a new design of a vertical wind turbine which they intend to sell for home use.

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Very Efficient Vertical Wind Turbine Once Thought Impossible to Build

Cristi — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:35:39 +0000

As wind industry claimed that vertical turbines are ineffective, inventor Adam Fuller developed a project to prove this theory wrong.

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