Ducted & Shrouded Wind Turbines (DAWTs)
Like Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs), shrouded and ducted wind turbines can be both small and large. However, they are not the mainstay of the wind industry and for that reason they are assigned a category under Small Wind Turbines on this site. Shrouded turbines are also sometimes called Diffuser-Augmented Wind Turbines (DAWTs).
There is also a collection of archival and recent photographs on the Photos section of this site. There you can find photos of Ducted Wind Turbines (DAWTs).
While ducted or shrouded wind turbines and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines can be of any size, they are listed here because they are outside the mainstream of the commercial wind industry.
Small Ducted Turbines on the March in New York
By
Paul Gipe
On 14 June the Adirondack Explorer reported that two small ducted wind turbines have been installed in the Adirondack Mountains …
Power Performance Test Report for the SWIFT Wind Turbine
By
Paul Gipe
NREL’s field test report on Renewable Devices Swift in 2011 can be found here: Power Performance Test Report for the …
SUNY Potsdam and Clarkson celebrate construction of new wind turbine
By
Mike Gagliardi
The turbine, which whirls on Outer Main Street across from Maxcy Hall, was engineered by Ducted Wind Turbines, founded by Clarkson professor Kenneth Visser.
Man testifies he, other investors were scammed by Dragonfly in Elm Springs wind farm case
By
Ron Wood
Elser said the scam was years in the making and a working ducted wind turbine prototype was never built. Instead, Davis and Ridings misrepresented engineers’ opinions about the concept to scam investors and divvied up their money with a third man, Cody Fell of Springdale. They used their ill-gotten gains for personal expenses such as houses and cars, Elser said.
Power Performance Test on the Ogin 2.2 Ducted Wind Turbine Prototype
By
Paul Gipe
I’ve received a portion of Intertek’s 2016 power performance test of Ogin’s Model 2.2 150-kW ducted wind turbine “over the transom” as we say. The much hyped and controversial device delivered its rated power in the test.
Ducted Turbines & Rooftop Mounting: Will These Ideas Ever Die? Not with DOE Doling Out Funding
By
Paul Gipe
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced 19 November 2019 that the Distributed Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project had awarded a grant to Ducted Turbines of Potsdam, New York for nearly $200,000.
