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New Generator Boosts Wind Turbine Efficiency 50%
MagnetDroid writes "A startup company based in Vancouver has developed a new kind of generator that could harvest much more energy from the wind. The design could not only lower the cost of wind turbines but increase their power output by 50 percent to as much as 100 percent, in some locations. Normally, when wind speeds drop, a turbine's engine becomes less efficient. The new engine, from ExRo Technologies, runs efficiently over a wider range of conditions. The design replaces a mechanical transmission with what amounts to an electronic one. Magnets attached to a rotating shaft create a current, but individual coils can be turned on and off electronically at different wind speeds." The company will begin field-testing a small, 5KW wind turbine by early next year.
Wind energy is a lot like politics and advertising. The more it blows, the more spin you see.
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the windmill will be able to function in a wider range of wind conditions meaning that the power input will change. Hence you FAIL
http://greenobyl.com/ please.... think of the children!!
I was actually referring to the entirety of all posts on this topic but I made the silly mistake of replying to the last post I read which I guess I was sort of agreeing with as the person you were quoting was attempting to reinvent pitch control.
Sorry I upset you so very much.