Concept in Small Wind

Here’s a concept in small wind for readers to check out. A few points:

It’s not new.  A few years ago, there was a nearly identical idea that came and went, when investors figured out that this concept, as all the others before it, was dead in the water.

They have an “axial flux generator.”  Really?  Haven’t we all seen “Back to the Future?” Making up technobabble like the “flux capacitor” gets laughs, but that’s about it.

The fact that climate change poses a huge threat doesn’t mean that every yo-yo idea in renewable energy makes sense.

There is a reason, based on physics, that vertical axis wind turbines are intrinsically less efficient than their horizontal axis counterparts and do not exist in the enormous industry of wind energy.

The wind conditions on our roofs are impeded by trees and neighboring buildings, and even that notwithstanding, they don’t take advantage of wind conditions 50-100 feet higher.  That’s the reason that wind farms are located in remote areas with incredible wind resources.  No one would like to live in a place like Tehachapi, California with gale-force winds.

The spokesperson’s idea that he’s raising investor capital to engineer the product because “you have the recipe before you bake the cookies” is catchy, but this is a recipe that clearly cannot exist.