Though the Mariah Windspire Company is defunct, the design has been taken up by another company. Doing business as Windspire Energy, the new company backed by Wisconsin’s Ark Alloy LLC has revisited the design and introduced a series of models based on the Windspire concept.
Following the latest round of coverage, Gizmag takes a deeper look at his concept, and wonders whether the idea of packing turbines into as tight a space as possible might overlook some wind energy fundamentals.
The Genoa Township Board says the turbines are hazardous and have sent aluminum parts flying into surrounding areas on windy days.
In the annals of greenwashing, no wind turbine company has done more to develop the technique to a fine art. It’s as if the company’s entire business model was built on finding participants who wanted a greenwashing project.
There are now several measured power curves of the Mariah Windspire publicly available. This is one of the very few contemporary household-size (small) Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) to complete full testing and certification in the US. . .
The Windspire is a vertical‐axis gyromill. The H‐rotor is 1.22 m (4 ft) in diameter by 6.1 m (20 ft) tall, capturing a swept area of 7.43 m2 (80 ft2). The data presented in this report was collected during a power performance test conducted by Windward Engineering from 21 October to 28 October 2011. The test was conducted at Windward Engineering’s Spanish Fork, UT test facility.
Mariah Power, the company that produced the Sousas’ wind turbines, generated headlines several years ago as an example of a successful northern Nevada company making headway in the renewable energy industry. In January, it sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. . .
“So, I’m out $23,000, and all they are is a yard decoration,” Albert Sousa said on Wednesday while standing beneath the 30-foot spires next to a backyard chicken coop. “They’re no good at all.”
Reno, Nevada is vying for the world record for “Worst Turbine Install in History” through sheer scale, expense, and hubris. . .
Windspire Energy, the Reno company that won plaudits for its sleek wind-turbine machines, is working to reorganize itself under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code.The company, whose majority ownership rests with three venture capital firms in the San Francisco Bay Area, said in its filing in federal bankruptcy court in Reno that it owes nearly $6 million and has assets of about $220,000.
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