Comments on: CalTech Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Boost Wind Farm Power Efficiency 10x

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:15:00 +0000

The 3 watts quoted above is the output per square metre of land. Your 125W/m2 refers to the swept area of the turbine.

By: Miroslav Plachy

Miroslav Plachy — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:11:00 +0000

I am still thinking that if you turn a light bulb on the light reaches north wall same time as the south wall. So there fore this must be speed of light x2.
Just kidding, maybe.
The maglev turbine is realy cool, and it takes me back to grade six science eperiment. Where we took and made padles white and black on oposing sides.
We then put these padles on axis inside a dome so there wouldnt be any air influence. We turned the light on and it started spinning.
White repels black atracts. Paint your blades on your turbine and it will produce even more power especialy when wind conditions arent so good.

By: Ron1230

Ron1230 — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:01:00 +0000

one basic falsehood. Horizontal axis windfarms extrect more like 125 W/m2 or 3 times more than the Vertical axis windfarms amount and 50 times higher than the author states

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Goldeneye Morning Paddle – 07/15/2011 « Goldeneye Asset Management — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:58:41 +0000

[…] school-inspired wind farms. Cleantechnica posts on a team from CalTech bucking the trend to larger/taller horizontal axis turbines with work […]

By: Kenneth Bell

Kenneth Bell — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:30:00 +0000

Sounds good, butI can’t believe it is worth more than 3x.

By: SUNfiltered

SUNfiltered — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:55:10 +0000

[…] Vertical wind turbines that produce 10x the efficiency: Using the movement of schooling fish as inspiration, researchers at CalTech are experimenting with vertical axis wind turbines that maximize winds closer to the ground (and have a much smaller footprint). With certain configurations, they’re generating ten times the power. (via Cleantechnica) […]