The One Gigawatt Wind Turbine
July 28th, 2007Via: Treehugger:
It’s a vision of a magnetically levitated wind turbine that can generate one gigawatt of energy (enough to power 750,000 homes). This is the device proposed by a new Arizona-based company, MagLev Wind Turbine Technologies. The company claims that it can deliver clean power for less than cent per kilowatt hour using this wind turbine.
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Magnetic levitation is a very efficient method of capturing wind energy. The blades of the turbine are suspended on a cushion of air, and the energy is directed to linear generators with minimal fiction losses. But the big advantage with maglev is that it reduces maintenance costs, and increases the lifespan of the generator.
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Well for now it’s still on the drawing board or just a “vision”, as always seems to be the case with these things.
Those things kill birds by the thousands
@ Anonymous
I generally don’t bother with people who make idiotic statements in comments, but you might want to make a point of informing yourself before going off half cocked next time.
http://magturbine.com/maglevwindturbine.html
What does point 22 say?
Kevin, that Steorn fiasco is still reverberating in my skull. Still, I have hopes that something like this would benefit us. Heck! Why not ring Washington DC with the devices? There is enough hot air and bullshit coming out of that city to power the world!
@DrFix
Your comment is fascinating. I was trying to understand the purpose of that Steorn drama. My best guess was that it was a PSYOP to make even legitimate alternative energy technologies seem like scams. But then I thought, “That can’t be it.” But your linking of Steorn to the idea of large, frictionless wind turbines is an astonishing stretch, and indicates to me that my far out theory about Steorn might be worth thinking more about.
If someone proposed the International Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project today, would you associates that with Steorn?
https://cryptogon.com/?p=969