The Wind of Change Comes with Maglev Wind Turbines
It took developers almost 20 years since the “Wind of Change”, a 1990 power ballad written by Klaus Meine, vocalist of Scorpions, to come up with maglev wind turbines. The new type of wind turbine uses full-permanent magnets to eliminate friction and claims to be 1000x more efficient than the windmill next door. The new wind turbines can produce electricity with wind speed as low as 5Km/h or 3 miles per hour. The technology is scalable and can be used to build turbines in capacities from 400 to 5,000 watts with 500 years life span and lower cost than today’s windmills.
Sounds too good to be true, but it looks like the Chinese power company Zhongke Hengyuan Energy Technology is currently building a $5 million factory to produce those maglev wind turbines and save humanity from thousands tons of CO2.
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Brilliant! At last, something to get excited about!
Reminds me of the Vawtex (vertical-axis wind turbine extractor… if memory serves) developed by Mike Rainbow of Arup. Different purpose of course but excellent design.
Thanks a lot for the post.
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