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Wednesday 14 January 2009

Wind Turbine Efficiency

Wind turbines are a technology which gets a bad rap occasionally. I think they are beautiful things, but there are those who think they are noisy, ugly, that they affect radio and tv signals (no bad thing you might argue) but more importantly that they are inefficient.

The inefficiency argument can now be addressed somewhat more successfully with one company rethinking the mechanics of the technology.

DailyTech - New Wind Turbine Generator Ditches Mechanical Transmission, Ups Efficiency 50 Percent
Startup ExRo is not your average wind power company, though. This think-outside-the-box firm has reinvented one of the most basic components of wind turbines -- the generator. Its new design promises up to 50 percent more efficiency and lower production costs as well.

Of course there are those who will see an end to humanities use of this nefarious technology

Wind turbine destroyed after 'octopus UFO' seen in sky - Telegraph

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