Posted on April 30, 2009 by mastadonzq
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines VAWT. These have been around for a while but no one design or company has really taken off.
The most efficient ones are generally shaped like a helix so that it spins no matter what direction the wind is blowing. One significant problem with the standard large windmill design is they only [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2009 by mastadonzq
So I will have to do some more research on the physics of wind generation but I was under the impression that the capture of wind was perfected by sailors in the last few centuries. Who says windmills as they are designed today is the best way to harness the wind’s energy?
We are about to [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2009 by mastadonzq
I am from Boston and my family has a place in Buzzard’s Bay, near Cape Cod. The debate around placing an offshore wind farm in the Nantucket sound has been a hot topic for many years in the area. As in most debates over public policy, the spectrum of opinions runs along a socioeconomic axis.
The [...]
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