Dynasphere Renewable Wind Power
earthship.com Vertical Axis Windmill. Highly efficient. 4th generation of vertical axis windmills as researched and developed by Earthship Biotecture.
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If you look at 1:26 it does not look like the tire and the generator are not connected to produce power and that is why it would be spinning in the wind? But I love the idea and it looks great!
i280alldaylong
June 7, 2012 at 4:33 pm
@sustainablehuman,
Actually it drives 2 (not 1) generators that produce 1.5Kw each for a total of 3 Kw. So the would produce a return on capital in half the time that you predicted
grant9076
June 7, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Very Nice !
ScalerWave
June 7, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Beautiful, beautiful ! Good job!
nshpls
June 7, 2012 at 5:52 pm
AND I betcha these babies do not KILL birds like the propeller units . . .
nshpls
June 7, 2012 at 6:07 pm
The high desert is quite a windy place (Taos, NM), so I assume these puppies are putting out 1.5kw for at least 5 hours a day, 200 days per year? Would that be reasonable? 5 * 200 * 1.5 = 1500 kw per year, by 25c is $375 grid equivalent, which @ $7000 is a 18 year return of capital. Good thing they last 20 years.
If you got 1.5kW, 12 hours per day, 300 days per year it would be 5 years ROC, so it makes a big difference how much wind you get.
sustainablehuman
June 7, 2012 at 6:43 pm
You can’t put price on art; and this art gives back.
MrSchpankme
June 7, 2012 at 7:25 pm
hello here i found a birdfriendly low wind level vertical axis rotor:
the windside Savonius Rotor,via windside.com
fmxalx
June 7, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Link doesn’t work :o(
DontFriendInviteMe
June 7, 2012 at 8:24 pm
A shitload of power! Yeah!
Downfacingdog
June 7, 2012 at 8:41 pm
and it is ARTful too.
williamwagener
June 7, 2012 at 9:02 pm
I want one when they get the price down to $4000.oo . Where is this demonstation model?
williamwagener
June 7, 2012 at 9:46 pm
You guys are just awesome!
Tressco
June 7, 2012 at 10:23 pm
This is also going to impact less on birds and hopfully bats too!
93hipgnosis
June 7, 2012 at 11:19 pm
The catch with going green is it costs too much to set it up. When you buy on the open market. Prebuilts that you just put up and run. You want to help the earth? Cut your costs. Make going green affordable.
johnnnyreb51
June 7, 2012 at 11:23 pm
You guys are doing great work. I live in the South, and I’m out of the wind path most of the time. That thing may be my answer; I wonder if it would work in my part of the woods?
baddogonline
June 8, 2012 at 12:04 am
I want one! But I have no place to put it! :/
JustWickedSwede
June 8, 2012 at 12:27 am
I would like to see how they are handling over-speeding in big wind? I don’t see any kind of dynamic brake anywhere?
thescottderrick
June 8, 2012 at 12:31 am
Thanks for the heads up, guys. It’s because its stereo, there are two audio channels–it sounds fine if you have left and right speakers balanced. I made this one and a lot of the other videos. I will make sure to mix it down to mono from here on out. Let us know next time around if it’s all good. Thanks!
PaulCamaraAmerica
June 8, 2012 at 1:12 am
@OKflyboy @befreier1 , It’s a common issue with Earthship Biotecture videos, which is why I requested future videos be mixed to mono.
dslynx
June 8, 2012 at 1:19 am
the audio level is too low indeed, in the part wirh Michael. Other than that, great stuff!!!
nexokin
June 8, 2012 at 1:38 am
Nice work as always. So, does this mean you guys are willing to put a long warranty on it?
8DoverNJ
June 8, 2012 at 1:54 am
Beautiful, efficient, resouceful! I love it, and I love you guys!
sheilabro13
June 8, 2012 at 2:22 am