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Innovative wind turbine for strong storms in Iceland
Iceland meets its energy needs 100% with renewable energy sources. Most use geothermal sources, but researchers are working on ways to harness the region’s incredibly powerful winds.
Traditional wind turbines would rotate uncontrollably with the strong winds typical of a small country, but one inventor realized that a completely different type of wind turbine could withstand such pressure.
In fact, the Icewind CW1000 wind turbine may be even better than its skinny counterparts.
Iceland is able to produce electricity using wind. The country began harnessing the power of air currents in 2013, and researchers are still exploring the energy potential of the territory, which has just 329,000 inhabitants. However, traditional wind turbines simply fail when truly severe winds rise, which can reach an average of 40 miles (64 km) per hour. In stormy weather, the average wind speed is about 112 miles (180 km) per hour.
The only way to solve this problem was to create a different type of wind turbine, as the inventor Saethor Asgeirsson did. Instead of a propeller with long and thin blades, its CW1000 turbine stands vertically on a wide base and has curved blades. The unique shape of the turbine blade allows you to catch the wind so that it can not rotate too quickly, this is the main problem in the traditional design.
Thus, the CW1000 can withstand consistently high wind speeds in Iceland.
And while Iceland already gets all its energy from other renewable sources, efficient wind farm systems are still in demand, especially for private homeowners. The IceWind CW1000 is designed for private use and the company plans to start selling the turbine within the next few months.
Asgirson has been developing the turbine for use in its homeland, but also plans to sell the technology internationally as early as the summer of 2016, the company recently signed a contract with a US investor and is currently seeking distributors to deliver its product to North America and Europe.
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Traditional wind turbines would rotate uncontrollably with the strong winds typical of a small country, but one inventor realized that a completely different type of wind turbine could withstand such pressure.
In fact, the Icewind CW1000 wind turbine may be even better than its skinny counterparts.
Iceland is able to produce electricity using wind. The country began harnessing the power of air currents in 2013, and researchers are still exploring the energy potential of the territory, which has just 329,000 inhabitants. However, traditional wind turbines simply fail when truly severe winds rise, which can reach an average of 40 miles (64 km) per hour. In stormy weather, the average wind speed is about 112 miles (180 km) per hour.
The only way to solve this problem was to create a different type of wind turbine, as the inventor Saethor Asgeirsson did. Instead of a propeller with long and thin blades, its CW1000 turbine stands vertically on a wide base and has curved blades. The unique shape of the turbine blade allows you to catch the wind so that it can not rotate too quickly, this is the main problem in the traditional design.
Thus, the CW1000 can withstand consistently high wind speeds in Iceland.
And while Iceland already gets all its energy from other renewable sources, efficient wind farm systems are still in demand, especially for private homeowners. The IceWind CW1000 is designed for private use and the company plans to start selling the turbine within the next few months.
Asgirson has been developing the turbine for use in its homeland, but also plans to sell the technology internationally as early as the summer of 2016, the company recently signed a contract with a US investor and is currently seeking distributors to deliver its product to North America and Europe.
P.S. And remember, just changing our consumption – together we change the world!
Join us on Facebook, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki
Source: facepla.net/thenews/tech-news-mnu/5332-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F-%D1%88%D1%82%D0%D0%BE%D0%D0%BE%D0%D0%B2.html