Comments on: Wind Energy Corp Introduces WindSail Turbine that “Likes Turbulence” http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/06/wind-energy-corp-introduced-windsail-turbine-that-likes-turbulence/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Dcard88 http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/06/wind-energy-corp-introduced-windsail-turbine-that-likes-turbulence/#comment-108709 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:24:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=32691#comment-108709 Amount of wind directly affects price. 30 mph x 15 hours a day? cheaper than coal.
10 mph x 3 hours a day? not so good

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/06/wind-energy-corp-introduced-windsail-turbine-that-likes-turbulence/#comment-108689 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=32691#comment-108689 Thanks for the info. Wasn’t aware — or it slipped out of my mind :D

]]> By: Jer Faludi http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/06/wind-energy-corp-introduced-windsail-turbine-that-likes-turbulence/#comment-108671 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:23:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=32691#comment-108671 This isn’t new–the geometry is twenty or thirty years old, and the company Helix Wind has been making (quite beautiful) versions of this geometry for many years. However, the cost performance of Helix’s units could be better, so maybe these folks will do it better / cheaper. There’s always room for improvement!

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/06/wind-energy-corp-introduced-windsail-turbine-that-likes-turbulence/#comment-108640 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:28:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=32691#comment-108640 Wonder when we’ll see some $/kWh numbers?

If they’ve got a winner then they’ll make the numbers public. If not, we’ll likely get smoke.

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