These guys have an innovation in small wind: their turbine “furls up” in dangerously high wind conditions, making it “perfect for your backyard.” Check out this video. The competition has to shut down to avoid having their product destroyed in …
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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 …
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Concept in “Small Wind”
I’ve been having a discussion with an inventor of a product in the “small wind” energy space (i.e., anything under 100KW) whose website is linked above. He had asked my advice about his concept, which is summarized as follows: The …
