While Stumblin around today, I have been wanting to find some Great Green Living News, and I found two Great post about Power from the Sea. Found these at inhabitat.
The higher up in the air you go, the faster wind travels – so naturally the further from the ground a wind-turbines gets, the more efficient it can be. Thats why the idea of a flying wind-turbine is a such a win-win (or win-wind) proposition. Combining wind power with floating blimps, Selsam has been hard at work expanding the horizons of alternative energy with a revolutionary new breed of SuperTurbines that promise to take wind power to new heights.
Resembling a field of wind-swept reeds swaying on the horizon, these floating wind spires boast an ultra-efficient design that flexes with the wind, taking advantage of air currents along the length of their shaft to generate electricity. Selsam’s prototypes produce 6000 watts in 32.5 mph winds – six times more power than a similarly sized seven foot single-rotor turbine can produce. The turbines can be easily deployed by land and by sea, and their effectiveness can be amplified even further via an air-born blimp.
Read the rest here: SELSAM SUPERTURBINES: Flying wind-turbines for max power by Mike Chino
*****Second story: BIOWAVE: Biomimicry Solution for Ocean Power by Jorge Chapa
Biomimicry – or designs based on natural systems – is one of the most intriguing methods for designers and engineers to create innovative and efficient solutions to problems. Inspired by forms and functions found in nature, this approach to sustainable design allows for environmentally friendly solutions for energy, waste reduction and a bevy of other design challenges. Using biomimicry as the guiding design principle, the Australian firm BioPower Systems has developed Biowave: an ocean power system that harnesses energy by mimicking the motion of underwater plants in the ocean currents to generate electricity.
Get the Full Story Here: BIOWAVE: Biomimicry Solution for Ocean Power
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1 Green Living - New Wind Turbines That work Better =) | Yogi Zen Dude // Jun 2, 2008 at 8:44 pm
[...] Selsam’s Sky Serpent Wind Turbine reminded me of these Eco Sea Power Wind Turbine’s I posted about last week !!!****** [...]
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