Bladeless Wind Turbines Articles & Analysis: Older
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Bladeless wind turbines For David J Yanez, a University of Valladolid graduate, it was the 1940 footage showing the Tacoma Narrow bridge collapsing in high winds that inspired him to look at the possibility of designing bladeless windpower turbines. These are turbines where the ...
A new bladeless wind turbine that promises to be more efficient, less visually intrusive, and safer for birdlife than conventional turbines has been welcomed by two of the UK wind energy industry’s most vocal critics. ...
The technology takes advantage of vorticity to generate electricity Vorticity is a wind effect that creates a pattern of spinning vortices Bladeless design could reduce manufacturing costs by 53 per cent Prototype ‘Vortex Mini’ can capture nearly half of the wind’s power Today’s wind ...