Inventions & Questionable Turbines

This category is a catchall for all those contraptions that burst on the scene in a blaze of media hype as different from those “other” wind turbines only to eventually disappear. It’s not possible to critique every “invention” that plagues the field of wind energy so only those that have piqued my curiosity, or are particularly egregious, are listed here.

Stirring Up a Hornet’s Nest: New Turbine Generates Controversy

By

Paul Gipe

“We’re not a very sophisticated company,” Bob Green says humbly. Others agree. The awea-wind-home web site is buzzing with questions about the audacious claims of Green and his company, Thermodyne Systems of Lancaster, California.

New Zealand Sunday Star-Times: Storm over Wind Energy (Vortec 7 DAWT)

By

Daniel Riordan

AS WIND turbine generator Vortec Energy gets ready for a 10-city roadshow: to promote its $10m public offering an overseas …

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