$400 mini-wind turbine plugs into wall
The Jellyfish wind turbine is just 36 inches tall, can generate up to 40 kw a month. And get this, you just plug it into the wall and it feeds power to the house, no complicated wiring needed.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Category Wind turbines
Giant wind turbines and economies of scale
Metaefficient. The Enercon E-126. Rotor diameter is 416 ft. Wind4Me Blades are much bigger than they used to be – the largest are now the equivalent of two end-to-end football pitches – and as a result turbines have to be…
Wave Treader. Offshore wind / wave power
Green Ocean Energy is testing Wave Treader, a wave / wind hybrid that will generate power offshore. I am constantly struck by the difference between the optimistic, fast-moving world of clean power vs. the gloomy, wheels-falling-off financial world. Cleantech is…
Amazing wind turbines
Designboom profiles some startling new wind turbine designs including this tethered flying electricity generator that hovers at 30,000 feet.
Recycling old-style wind turbines
As wind turbine technology continues, many old turbines are being replaced, or are wearing out. Happily, a cottage industry has emerged to refurb old turbines then sell them at low prices.