Windspire Turbine

Dave
#1. September 29th, 2009, at 9:43 PM.

That looks pretty cool I wish we used more wind energy where I live. Plus with no propeller it wont kill tons of birds like traditional windmills

Joan Stalker
#2. September 30th, 2009, at 4:28 AM.

I live in Pickering, Canada, and we have one of the largest wind turbines in North America (117 metres high). It can produce enough emission-free energy to supply the annual electricity needs of about 600 average Ontario homes.

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#3. September 30th, 2009, at 6:27 AM.

cool!I want one for my home we get lots of wind

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#7. October 1st, 2009, at 6:07 AM.

Plus with no propeller it wont kill tons of birds like traditional windmills.

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#8. October 1st, 2009, at 6:44 AM.

It’s exciting to see the innovation in wind turbines making them more effective and affordable.

Landau
#9. October 1st, 2009, at 6:49 AM.

Cool! To think that the inspiration for this came from “old-school technology” makes me wonder why haven’t we thought of this before. If this is really affordable, maybe the government can offer incentives to people to have their own windspire.

I’m wondering though if we can just build one of this on our own. William Kamkwamba proved that it can be done.

Anne Fox
#10. October 1st, 2009, at 5:03 PM.

I’ve already seen wind turbine placed near the seashore. Indeed, it really helps citizens living there to get energy with the use of nature. However, I don’t have any idea about the birds are usually in danger everytime these wind turbines are spinning. The good thing now is that we now have an alternative for these traditional wind turbines.

Goran
#11. October 1st, 2009, at 8:11 PM.

As a child I was always fascinated by the spinning “wind-pumps” dotting the rural landscape whilst travelling between cities to visit various family members. Electricity has caused most of those the become redundant, and those previously gleaming silver monuments are mostly rusted relics these days. The era of cheap energy is over however, and it makes the most sense to revert back to sustainable technology harvesting natural resources, rather than burning fossil fuels (or uranium…) to generate electricity, pump water, etc.

Ashlee
#12. October 2nd, 2009, at 3:10 AM.

This sounds awesome. It is amazing what technology is leading us too. Anything to not have to pay an electric bill is awesome!

James Morrison
#13. October 2nd, 2009, at 11:30 AM.

Windspire is a design, including a high efficiency generator, integrated inverter, and wireless performance monitor. The integrated design is very to install. It has a slow speed rotor for virtually silent operation and improved safety and durability. It has to be connected to the house electric supply.

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#14. October 3rd, 2009, at 9:00 PM.

It’s amazing! I wished I could be a mini-windmill on my bike so that I don’t need to ride it any more! Let the wind ride it!

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#15. October 4th, 2009, at 2:14 PM.

hi, uhm, do you have any idea how much does this windspire turbine cost, let’s say from raw materials to labor cost? What is the advantage of using this new designed turbine than the older one? hope to get an answer from you.. thanks..

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#16. October 5th, 2009, at 3:48 AM.

this very useful, and very renewable source of energy

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#17. October 5th, 2009, at 8:37 AM.

I like the bladesless design. Modern technology is bringing sustainable pwer generation to the people in a big way, and I think it is a great idea to be as off-grid as possible. Relying on external sources is noit a very clever survival technique…..

Don
#18. October 5th, 2009, at 12:59 PM.

Hmm I like the new wind turbine. I’ve been interested in Wind turbines lately. I was into vertical but they are expensive.

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#21. October 6th, 2009, at 5:59 PM.

The Wind spire wind turbine is an in my lable, good looking, and silent vertical axis wind power appliance is very good.

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Keegan
#24. October 8th, 2009, at 6:20 PM.

It really is a great idea. There was an African guy on John Stewart last night that had built a wind mill in his yard out of scraps he had found. He actually built a conductor for it also to get electricity to his home. It only took him three months to do and free of cost.

Paul
#25. October 8th, 2009, at 10:10 PM.

I love how these inventions are coming to the mainstream. Before long these will be old news and that’s a day I look forward to.

tmongan
#26. October 9th, 2009, at 1:07 AM.

I live in an apartment now but am looking forward to building a house with my wife soon. I am planning to include some form of alternative energy with it. The initial costs seem high but long term they would more than pay for itself. Thnx for the cool post!

Jennifer
#27. October 9th, 2009, at 4:24 AM.

Anything to get us away from oil is good to me.

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#28. October 9th, 2009, at 12:25 PM.

an area close to where i live made arrangements and
they turned entire farming area to pure windspire tribunes. at least it looks awesome and gives great photographic scene

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#29. October 9th, 2009, at 2:09 PM.

We get lots of wind in Gaspesie, near from St-Lawrence river, I’d like one like this too

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#30. October 10th, 2009, at 1:08 PM.

I believe you can actually buy household devices here in the UK. I saw one just the other week, great invention but I have to say look kind of ugly.

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#31. October 15th, 2009, at 5:09 PM.

See, in Urban areas only we can make Wind energy, there only we can get continue air, and free place. but what happen is the government get current from winds in urban areas and supply it (around 80%) to the urban areas(?)…

Pneus Mota
#32. October 15th, 2009, at 11:39 PM.

Here in Portugal this mode of producing energy is growing much. Are already being put in houses, for wind turbines collect energy to keep the house electricity. is much cheaper

Catherine
#33. October 18th, 2009, at 1:28 AM.

I’m glad to see so many different types of energy are becoming more popular.

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#34. October 19th, 2009, at 7:21 PM.

Very positive idea.
The frequency of the electricity you generate will vary with the number of rotations per second. You would have to have a sophysticated gear system to keep the frequency constant.

Teknik Elektro
#35. October 21st, 2009, at 6:45 AM.

Great… More types of energy are needed for us. Specially renewable energi like wind energi for beware of globar warming… Hope so many more types of energy found…

Paula
#36. October 21st, 2009, at 1:22 PM.

Pixel Head – there are some turbines like this somewhere between the Junction with the A3 and Heathrow on the Countryside-side of the M25.

I believe this is your neck of the woods, take a look and save money on the airfare to New York…

Crzy Traveler
#37. October 21st, 2009, at 4:17 PM.

What about its economical profitability? Does it have better performance than traditional windmills?

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#38. October 22nd, 2009, at 5:11 PM.

That would be nice to put in every household! Saving the environment and money at the same time.

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#39. October 22nd, 2009, at 11:43 PM.

cool. These vertical axis wind generators might solve the problem of windmills having to be subsidized in order to be economical..

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#40. October 24th, 2009, at 10:06 AM.

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#41. October 28th, 2009, at 7:33 AM.

Wish we could also take advantage of the wind in the urban area. Not only it’s environmental friendly, but we can also save money from electricity bills.

anney
#42. October 29th, 2009, at 1:04 PM.

cool does it generate electricity

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#43. October 30th, 2009, at 7:29 AM.

This wind mill with no propeller looks cool. In our place we have nice winds and I hope one should also be here so that we can also make some energy with those winds without doing any harm to nature

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#44. November 1st, 2009, at 10:14 PM.

These vertical windspire turbines are actually growing in number these days. Not only are they efficient and small (can actually fit into a backyard with high breeze) they are also beneficial. It seemed more and more people are going into this kind of money saving method and free energy consumption these coming years.

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#45. November 9th, 2009, at 10:44 AM.

If I didn’t live in a townhouse, I’d be all over it! Any idea how much one of these costs?

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#46. November 9th, 2009, at 10:50 AM.

You might also want to check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzz609KMtvE, which has a video of the “Turby,” a personal windmill that was developed in the Netherlands. It also spins on a vertical axis, and can power a normal-sized house on winds no more powerful than a steady breeze. The video is a segment from the Science Channel’s “Beyond Tomorrow” series.

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#48. November 13th, 2009, at 11:37 AM.

Thanks for the information, could you tell me the price of it so that i can use it for my house?

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#49. November 16th, 2009, at 9:08 AM.

The advantage is that they can be placed nearby obstructions such as tall trees and buildings, you can place it in your back yard and you can generate electricity for your house, but there is a “but” – the average wind speeds must be at least 10 mph !

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#50. November 22nd, 2009, at 9:26 PM.

I have a really weird question on turbine technology. In science classrooms around the world, there are experiment boxes that use a lightbulb and tiny little turbines, with the panels of the turbines painted black on one side and white on the other. When the light bulb gets turned on, the black sides heat up and the white sides don’t. The difference in heat causes the little turbine to turn.

OK, so why can’t larger turbines work on the same principle, with the sun playing the part of the lightbulb? I’m sure there’s a terribly obvious reason, but I certainly don’t know what it is.

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#51. January 6th, 2010, at 10:51 PM.

have been to the largest wind farms in oklahoma, they are not noisey, the wind blowing across your year is enough o drowned them out. funny thing though i saw no dead birds on the ground.? peace