Wind Power Generation Thread

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Let's create a Mega Thread for Wind Power Generation in here.

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From what I've seen, "World Wide Wind" is one of the few companies that is looking to optimize Wind Generation out at Sea

They have a Custom Unique Contra-Rotating VAWT (Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine) instead of the common 3-bladed HAWT (Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine) that we all know and love.

Their VAWT solution is InGenius IMO, it moves the Alternator to the bottom and the custom blades stick out on top and are "Counter-Rotating" in nature to generate more power.
The Alternator has the Inner & Outter Core spinning in opposite Directions to generate more power
The Blades spin at a slower speed, this should create fewer bird strikes with the Wind Turbine out in the ocean.
And the entire structure is tilted and designed to operate while tilted.
The Alternator/Generator Portion is under water and it's the heaviest component, designed as a counter weight.
If the testing that is going on right now works, it could scale up to 40 MW per Installation.
That alone + smaller turbulance wake area, would allow much higher density of Wind Turbines to be packed out at sea for much higher power generation.

Spoiler: World Wide Wind - Next Generation Floating OffShore Wind Turbines

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Spoiler: This Wind Turbine makes Wind Power virtually LIMITLESS - Solves Wind Energy's BIGGEST Problem!

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I'm a big fan of Conter-Rotating HAWT (Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines).
That potential for up to 40% more power generation with the second Turbine Blades is very intriguing.
I wish they would be give this design more serious consideration on land, where permitting and land area / shallow water coast line for fixed foundation installation permits is very limited & there are finite real estate for it.
That would be optimum solution on land or in shallow waters IMO.

 

[publiusr]

There can always be a backlash

Long-term satellite data show wind farms can affect local air currents - Earth Online

Decades of satellite data have allowed for the first long-term study of the impact of offshore wind farms on downstream wind flow in coastal areas.

earth.esa.int

How Can Wind Power Affect Air Systems? - The Institute for Environmental Research and Education

How Wind Power Shapes Our Skies: Understanding Air Systems Impacts Wind power, while a cornerstone of clean energy, isn’t without […]

iere.org

Wind Turbines Churn the Air over the North Sea

Normally invisible, wind turbine wakes come to life over the ocean, fascinating scientists who study winds in the lower atmosphere.

www.climate.gov

People made fun of Imhofe (easy to not take seriously) for worrying about something similar.

Ocean power might be better in places:

Has wave energy finally found its golden buoy?

CorPower could be the redemption story for an industry haunted by the ghosts of failed projects, wasted ideas, and bankrupt venture.

thenextweb.com

I could see reefs helped—an iron helps the food chain:

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As we can see with tsunami that flow only a few miles an hour—water has a more mighty push than the high winds of some storms.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Part of the reason I want a mass of Off-Shore Wind Farms surrounding the US is that Standford study says

Offshore wind farms could tame hurricanes before they reach land, Stanford-led study says

In the case of Katrina, Jacobson’s model revealed that an array of 78,000 wind turbines off the coast of New Orleans would have significantly weakened the hurricane well before it made landfall.

In the computer model, by the time Hurricane Katrina reached land, its simulated wind speeds had decreased by 36-44 meters per second (between 80 and 98 mph) and the storm surge had decreased by up to 79 percent.

For Hurricane Sandy, the model projected a wind speed reduction by 35-39 meters per second (between 78 and 87 mph) and as much as 34 percent decrease in storm surge.

Jacobson acknowledges that, in the United States, there has been political resistance to installing a few hundred offshore wind turbines, let alone tens of thousands. But he thinks two financial incentives could motivate such a change.

One is the reduction of hurricane damage cost. Damage from severe hurricanes, caused by high winds and storm surge-related flooding, can run into the billions of dollars. Hurricane Sandy, for instance, caused roughly $82 billion in damage across three states.

Second, Jacobson said, the wind turbines would pay for themselves in the long term by generating normal electricity while at the same time reducing air pollution and global warming, and providing energy stability.

Imagine if you can line your country's coast-line with enough Wind Farms that you affect the strength of Hurricanes.

The US has A LOT of Coast Line to protect and the 40% of the US Population lives along said Coast Line, even though they only occupy 10% of the land (Not Including Alaska).

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I could see reefs helped—an iron helps the food chain:

All the Iron Chains anchoring down the Wind Farms would help create Reefs in the local area.