A wind energy firms’ claims it will revolutionise wind power have been questioned by critics following a US$55 million investment in it by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.
Shrouded & Ducted Wind Turbines
The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Wind Energy for the Rest of Us. It is provided here … Read more
Is this another example of Federal capital subsidies driving exceptionally overpriced “wind turbines”?
WARNING: There’s an attempt to rebrand Diffuser-Augmented Wind Turbines (DAWT), also known as Shrouded Wind Turbines as Compact wind acceleration … Read more
In the past I’ve singled out what are variously called Diffuser Augmented Wind Turbines (DAWT) or Shrouded Rotors for derision. … Read more
Ducted or shrouded wind turbines have been invented and reinvented throughout the 20th century. Ducted turbines are often wrapped in mysterious, technical babble, such as diffuser augmentation, that is beyond the ken of most observers. Even supposedly sophisticated engineers have been snared by what at first appears to be a startling new technology “overlooked” for decades by everyone else. . .
Zero, Null, Nada Generation in One Year–After one full year of operation, the Elena DAWT has produced zero net electricity.
Have Parisians Drunk the Kool-Aid?
Poor Albert Betz, the German physicist must be turning over in his grave. He’s been beaten yet again.
Ducted or shrouded wind turbines have been invented and reinvented throughout the 20th century.
