Water and Energy Abstracts

  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 3

Forward thinking – Future concepts for wind turbines

  • Author:
  • Eize de Vries
  • Total Page Count: 1
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 39 to 39

Abstract

In the commercial sphere the wind turbine market is dominated by the classic horizontal axis upwind devices, with their familiar three blade design. Despite this apparent homogeny some manufacturers and designers are putting their efforts into other concepts, and some of these devices are coming to market. Author reports on the views and achievements of three different innovators.

Keywords

Turbine, Selsam device, Wind turbine, offshore super turbine