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Simplicity of a horizontal axis turbines is under-rated.
This design is incredibly complicated. Stresses on the parts will make airloom a maintenance nightmare.
Assuming it does what they claim.
Not going to happen
so how come they don't put wind turbines on off shore oil rigs…
Certainly a market for easy build and install, not corporate construction wind turbines. e.g. for farms, and isn't Bill Gates one of the biggest farmers in the US?
My concept was to basically have a wire grid with lots of fans fixed onto it. No single point of failure, but a lot more electrics needed to add up the voltages together. Hopefully funnel the wind in with well planted conifers. As others have mentioned something like this gets much more cost effective with efficient funneling, so slow wind speeds are boosted. i.e. work on increasing the wind capture area, but it needs people who understand aerodynamics, and can rapid prototype using a wind tunnel, which isn't exactly cheap. Computer modelling sounds great but far too easy to waste time, just looking busy.
Ah looks like the idea came from a dry cleaners covaire used to move suits I could do better but who's loneing money
Being backed by a genocidal maniac is not a great advertisement.
I got a guy in my in law sector, who , is a planning and electrical engineering, sequence supply ‘manager, who solves the issues, pertinent to the new electric cabling, on all the east coast wind-farm projects. I’ve clued him into the info and your chan, and I ‘find’ new info to shake up his world.
I, as well live in central Franklin county, Massa-choose-its, just west of Orange. I’m up at 1300 ft above sea level, on a hill-town , hilltop with remarkable solar and remarkable upper level, currents.
I know, from a tornado, in 2006, that upper level currents, can hit above 100 mph. as my tornado, demolished barn structures, and ripped out my trees.
Have we jumped the tracks here? big turbines are for power grids, seems to me this small set up is for the end user, or could be. Which is my personal wish for a future power grid. Power from end users – from whatever source is best for their conditions, banked locally then regionally, and/or then distributed nationwide, charged by demand. Keeping power un-centralized like the internet. I think end users are more motivated to do it the way that's best for their lives( more reliable), while at the same time adding small efficient end-user systems and local storage systems.
We don't talk about how this will effect private power company ownership. A system like I'm speaking of certainly would…
First big issue I see is the number of moving parts. A vertical turbine system basically has two big bearings on which the blades rotate. The track system has hundreds, maybe thousands, of moving parts. The probability of failure is an exponential function of the number of moving parts. Will it work. Most probably. Will it function reliably? Questionably. I just see a maintenance nightmare, and as it ages the maintenance costs will eat all of the potential efficiency.
Bill Gates? Noise level ??? and I agree on test lab results. Solar doesn't produce in low light and storms. Wind propeller turbines are noisy, and susceptible to high wind damage. And time, timely solution: wouldn't be looking at it if Climate Accords per John Kerry didn't force it. Hype until proven.
design is a fail in lowering production cost. We can focuss (redirect) the wind onto 1 spot (and direction of flow), And place the windturbine right in the sweet spot. Gathering wind from far bigger surfaces, without the complexity for moving parts, or even strength.
Hi Matt, FYI about Incogni… You should definitely do some research before agreeing to tout sponsors with a ton of bad experiences. I was about to sign up for it (based on your recommendation) and went to a few reddit sites to see if there was anything negative I should be aware of. Oh, boy. Anyway, I really like your channel but will not be trusting your sponsors anytime soon.
Believe data. Not marketing hype.
My bet is not.
a moving track is not going to be quiet. be interesting to know what types of sounds the system makes, and how loud those are. cant see it lasting too long (single track means single mounting point so the vanes can wobble, dual track might be better) but then again it would be relatively cheap to replace/repair. which i guess is its primary upside, even if you had to completely replace the moving parts every year or two its still potentially viable.
Taller being better, it seems to me that the best place for these things is on the roofs of (and in between) skyscrapers.
it would work great if it was on a building roof
Several thoughts come to mind. There was no mention of problems with bird strikes or noise levels. Admittedly, it seems too early to know much about either of these two items.
The bigger question for me is, why a loop pattern? Would this not be affected by wind direction. If the wind hits the broad side, the power output would be different than if it hit the narrow end. I could be completely wrong about this. But, if it had a circular pattern, then wind direction should not matter. Correct? And if a circular pattern is better, then you do away with the cable and put the blades on the tips of lightweight arms and basicly build a horizontal ferris wheel. This would put all of the friction back on the central hub.
I bet it wont work. It seem to fragile to handle occasional very high winds and unless they come up with a very unique way of moving in that track/rails it will be prone to failures and stops.
But its only my guess, i wouldn´t put my money on this one.
Wondering if the cost of the land is used in the cost calculation? It appears to use a lot of land to install, compared to Solar or Wind turbines.
Lots of small fast running bearings, tracks, dirt… A recipe for disaster.
The reason why HAWT have good reliability is they do the opposite: Few large slow running bearings, all encapsulated far away from dust and dirt.
I don't trust anything that Bill Gates backs up. I don't trust him ever since he said he wants to depopulize humanity. Two you never hear about what's causing these storms and everything you know the pole shift. Or what about the documentaries about the moon moving away from the Earth. Where I live solar panels would spend most of their time under snow and ice. Wind turbines already proved not to work because they would freeze up and fall over. Or what about the EVs. You know the ones that don't work in the cold. Don't forget to mention their bombs on wheels. These are the same people who also suggest people doing gardening at home is bad for the ozone. They're pushing things that don't work on half of the planet because of the weather. Two when it comes to making EV cars. You put out 65% emissions just creating it. And if you noticed the materials that they make these cars out of. Steel breaks down faster than the materials they use. Remember Bill Gates wants us to eat lab grown meat don't forget about watching those documentaries
"Conventional' wind turbine do rotate. Too many moving parts.
Next you could cover the revolutionary future of unicycles or steam engines.
Feels like something to put on top of tall buildings
To think that there is a NIMBY resistant wind generation project is naive. The reason they oppose such projects because they are being reminded of the potential limits on their freedom to consume. The renewables that are not being opposed by NIMBYS are only those that allow private individuals to save/make money. They will often ridicule those, because again- they hate the fundamental premise, but as it is a private matter they are forced to accept it.
If i was going to build a bird corral id atleast make the fence slats photovoltaic.
"…why so big…" ?? – nothing " Eco-friendly " about mega-projects wind-turbine farmz – " Pedestrian " needs do not interest The Politicianz – simple & democratic solutions will be the GreenWay !🇨🇦
Does the wind direction have to be constant?
Darn thing gets stuck in the dadgum snow
Anything with the name bill gates on it is suspect. He's way too into depopulation
That POS wont last, some kind of rinky dink track with blades attached that look like they wont even move from the wind, how does the wind not slow down half of it.
Working on something that WILL revolutionise Green Energy 🙂
well, it seems like there are a lot of different use cases; so, I wouldn't expect one wind collector to be the only kind in use. I don't think anything will replace the triblade wind turbines. But like you said, there are reasons those can't go everywhere. So, it's really a contest to see who can make a good enough wind collector for each other use case.
Bill Gates is all hot air.
Put it over the interstate.
Where is the dynamo?
If Bill wants it I NEED to ask what is in it for him and his buddys
There is a reason why wind turbines are high in the sky: power per sqm in moving air is proportional to the cube of wind speed. Close to ground you have less wind. The concept in the video will very likely not generate more power per sqm compared to a regular turbine. The blades may have some better efficiency, but this will not compensate for less wind a low height. In addition the mechanical structure will be less reliable (compared to a "simple" rotating structure in a regular wind turbine). Many concepts were tested the last decades (and I like that), but in the end the regular turbine is the winner. Of course there may be some niches where other concepts may be better, but mostly not for less Euros per kWh.
Magic is magical
I liked it … until I heard the word Gates. That pretty much killed it.
If Bill Gates is behind it, it's suspect at best and likely evil.
I've seen wind farms on hilly locations but the Airloom looks like it requires a large flat area to work.
Working philosophy..!
Comparative performance of Vawt and Hawt wind turbines. Vawt is at a lower altitude, and starts working earlier than Hawt. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZqweCWvDos8
Looks like it would work with steady winds. Gusts would probably mess those blocks and twist the blades.
Any updates on this?
Be interesting to see how that structure stand up to strong wind conditions?
I've heard these wind turbines can't be recycled and taking up space… hmmmm I hope someone is thinking of an idea what to do with them…