Showing posts with label green energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green energy. Show all posts

Thursday, May 06, 2010

My New Wind Turbine Design





This is my new wind turbine with dual, counter-rotating props. I wasn't sure how this would work, but so far it looks pretty good.
If both props are rotating at the same speed the difference is twice that speed.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The wind turbine in the back yard


I built this with PVC tubing and scrap wood, it's suitable for generating electricity, just needs to be mounted to an alternator or a generator. Getting the electricity into usable form is more complex and expensive than making a giant pinwheel like this, but you have to start somewhere, and it's nice to watch on windy days.