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12 August, 2008
Mariah Power - VAWT Wind Turbines


No, not the singer. :-) Has anyone taken a look at these windgens:
http://mariahpower.com . The company claims 2000KWh/year at an average
wind speed of 12mph for $5000. I live in a NYC apartment but I'm thinking
that this might be an interesting thing to bring to the building's board.
If we could put a couple on the roof I wonder how long it would take to
pay for themselves? How close can you put vertical axis turbines to each
other? It might be time to invest in a logging anemometer to see how much
wind our roof gets. Suggestions there?

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Written at Tuesday, August 12, 2008 by Andy Mahoney.
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
There are a handful of VAWTs (Vertical Axis Wind Turbine)that are being commercialized. The biggest advantage they have over the traditional HAWTs (Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine) is that they are omni-directional. VAWTS do not need to find and face the wind. They are also able to take advantage of much more modest wind speeds. You ought to check out Windterra as well. www.windterra.com
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