Comments on: Wind Turbines Gone Wild

By: windturbines

windturbines — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:08:34 +0000

The blades of 3Mw wind turbines are more than 50m. The tower is 120 meter height. In 20 years ago , this is impossible but today it has become the reality.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:56:28 +0000

I probably don’t know, but you can look at this:http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4517467.htmland contact this guy, who knows everything about wind energy:http://www.christian-reinboth.de/

By: Dorid

Dorid — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:41:45 +0000

Greg, am looking for information on a single blade wind turbine. Can’t seem to find much information on them, and this blog entry came up number one on the search here at science blogs.Specifically, I’m looking for information on a type of turbine that was apparently used for a Masters project in the last couple years at University of Rhode Island, which was used to power a boat. It’s the TYPE of turbine, not the specific turbine itself that I’m interested in.Information? Suggestions?Thanks.Kate (Dorid)doridoidae@gmail.com

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:51:10 +0000

It certainly is a good day for the ScienceBlogs Germany ‘startup project’ when we start to get links from one of the original ‘ScienceBloggers’ over here at ScienceBlogs.com (and one of the most productive in terms of postings, I might add).So, thanks for noticing us 🙂

By: Old Bogus

Old Bogus — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:36:53 +0000

This windmill seems to be running too fast, like it was freewheeling unloaded. If there is no load and the brakes fail, it has its own system of stopping eventually. Catastrophically. For a more normal operation here is my video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yrn50kTj6U