Vertical Wind Generators

Posted by SayItAgain on August 19, 2004, 12:45 am

What happened to vertical shaft wind generators? Seemed a good idea as they
didn't need to face into the wind.

Posted by Danno on August 19, 2004, 1:42 am

I've been looking for around a bit lately myself. The only two vertical axis
turbines I've noticed are the Ampair Dolphin (way low power) and stuff from
Ropatec, which is quite big but able to generate @ full output no matter how
strong the wind. They are fairly heavy and inefficient, but *I* think they are
kewl <grin>.
http://www.ropatec.com

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Posted by Pom-pom-pom on August 19, 2004, 4:51 am

wrote:

http://www.windside.com/index.htm

Way too expensive!

Posted by Danno on August 20, 2004, 2:34 am

Agreed, but also very neat design. I'd love to have one or two of the lower
capacity units hanging off my balcony. Thanks for the link.
http://windausenergy.com

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Posted by Anthony Matonak on August 19, 2004, 4:25 am

SayItAgain wrote:

They are less efficient and therefore more costly than horizontal
axis turbines. Facing into the wind isn't a big deal.

Anthony