Rooftop and Urban Wind
This category is primarily about how not to or where not to install wind turbines–of any size. There are legitimate urban wind installations. These are typically commercial-scale turbines sited to best advantage within urban agglomerations. However, there is an unfortunate proliferation of “rooftop urban wind” projects that are nothing more than architectural greenwashing.
Urban Wind Energy–A Review
By
Paul Gipe
I feared the worst when I saw the title. As an outspoken critic of so-called “Urban” wind and especially the British variety, I thought the book would be destined for the dust bin after the first page. But I was wrong–and not the first time.
More thoughts on the Portland, OR, USA 12W Bldg wind turbine array
By
Kimberly King
As I am learning, most designers tend to quietly dismiss a project’s failings, and don’t repeat installations like this. And so, as with folks in the USA not paying attention to the results of the Warwick Wind Trials, I have to wonder as if the poor decisions will only be repeated here. . . Some have wagered that this installation will be taken down within another 12 months. I’d like to think this will not be the case. But only time will tell, eh?
Wind Turbines at the Boston Museum of Science: Production Data
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First, here’s a view of the installation from the north bank of the Charles river,
Quick Grab a Stake–Mag-Wind Rises from the Grave
By
Paul Gipe
Mag-Wind is back. Grab your children. Bar the door. The dead walk. . . Worse Ed Begley and Jay Leno, those omnipresent endorsers of all things “green”, have leapt to the aid of the undead. Their names and pictures are plastered across the web site of Enviro-Energies, the now parent of Mag-Wind.
Britain’s Energy Savings Trust Finds Rooftop Mounted Small Wind Turbines Perform Poorly in Tests
By
Paul Gipe
Confirms That Rooftop Mounting Doesn’t Deliver
Warwick Wind Trials Gives Failing Grade to Rooftop Wind
By
Paul Gipe
If further proof is needed that mounting wind turbines on rooftops is a bad idea, the final report on the Warwick Wind Trials is it.
