Category Wind turbines

Levitating vertical wind turbines

Magnetic levitation suspends the vertical turbine in air. Thus there is no friction while it spins, allowing vastly more power generation. The biggest conventional wind turbine has a capacity of 6 MW. A Maglev turbine may be able to do…

UAE going cleantech?

The United Arab Emirates is emerging as one of the biggest markets for cleantech, thanks to a massive carbon footprint and skyrocketing energy demand. The carbon footprint of UAE residents is greater than anyplace else, in part due to the…