Comments on: FloDesign Raises $42.8 Million for Jet-Inspired Wind Turbine http://earthandindustry.com/2010/01/flodesign-raises-42-8-million-for-jet-inspired-wind-turbine/ Sustainability, Green Business and CSR News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jim B http://earthandindustry.com/2010/01/flodesign-raises-42-8-million-for-jet-inspired-wind-turbine/comment-page-1/#comment-2502 Jim B Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:05:34 +0000 http://earthandindustry.com/?p=1031#comment-2502 I think the 3-4 times more efficient claim is based on the land area needed to produce a given amount of electricity. That is, the generators are more efficient and require a much smaller footprint so you can pack more generators into a given area. So one acre of a flodesign system would produce 3-4 times more electricity than one acre of the conventional three-bladed generators. I think the 3-4 times more efficient claim is based on the land area needed to produce a given amount of electricity. That is, the generators are more efficient and require a much smaller footprint so you can pack more generators into a given area. So one acre of a flodesign system would produce 3-4 times more electricity than one acre of the conventional three-bladed generators.

]]> By: Francois Gagnon http://earthandindustry.com/2010/01/flodesign-raises-42-8-million-for-jet-inspired-wind-turbine/comment-page-1/#comment-2444 Francois Gagnon Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:06:35 +0000 http://earthandindustry.com/?p=1031#comment-2444 I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT!! It is thru that the 35% average efficiency of tri-blades wind turbines is not outstanding. On other hand pretend to produce 3 or 4 time more energy means to transform 105 to 140% of the kinetics energy of wind in electricity, this is just impossible!!! By the way, what is the expected noise level at the exit of a jet like turbine? I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT!!

It is thru that the 35% average efficiency of tri-blades wind turbines is not outstanding. On other hand pretend to produce 3 or 4 time more energy means to transform 105 to 140% of the kinetics energy of wind in electricity, this is just impossible!!!

By the way, what is the expected noise level at the exit of a jet like turbine?

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