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This startup is about to install bladeless rooftop wind turbines on box buildings (electrek.co)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] pelespirit 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit this makes me happy. Now do home versions that combine with solar.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Everytime I look into the same thing, it's always that these dont have a great turndown to small single unit scale.

Where solar is quite modular, putting 1 or 2 of these turbines on a house, that are also not tall enough to get above all the wind blockers (other houses, trees), just won't make sense for a long time.

Looks like covering big box stores gets around several of those barriers, which is great.

[–] pelespirit 4 points 6 months ago

Turns out I haven't looked in awhile, but they have personal wind turbines to power your phone. I think putting a bank on one side of some homes could be great. In Seattle, with all of the micro-climates, hills and wind tunnels, this surely is a thing.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=travel+wind+turbine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I was thinking the same thing, how easily the two units could work together.