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Before a wind farm is built, a long time - often years - goes into figuring out exactly where to place the turbines so that they harness an optimal amount of wind energy. But what if you had the ability to move a wind turbine to a different spot whenever the wind changes?
That's the idea behind the Mobile Wind Turbine concept designed by Pope Design. The turbine is mounted to hybrid truck that runs off energy supplied by the turbine or a diesel generator when the batteries completely drain. When the truck is parked, the turbine can be erected and start producing electricity.
It's unlikely that an entire wind farm would be made up of these, but for places like military bases, schools or businesses where only one or a few would be used, they might be ideal for maximizing the amount of clean energy that's generated. Also, a mobile wind energy generator would be a perfect solution for emergency disaster relief operations.
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written by Fred, October 05, 2010
I think you mean "Might do very well in the right situation".
If I needed to criss-cross the great plains or the Gobi desert, and I also needed a near-constant power source, then this might fill the bill.
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written by Jeff C, October 05, 2010
The disaster relief power is a good idea too. Not for medical issues, or important things like that, but for general public use of power, it would be nice.
It is probably a good way to do a site test as well. If a builder could rent this for a month instead of collecting data for a year or so, it would speed up the construction of turbines.
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written by sarah, October 05, 2010
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written by TipThePlanet, October 09, 2010
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written by ihaveaphd, October 14, 2010
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written by Richard Davine, October 14, 2010
Damn cool money for your miss penny I'd say.
;^}
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written by Steve, October 14, 2010
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written by ken upton, October 14, 2010
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written by frisbee, October 14, 2010
Sorry, scaling down of windmills doesn't seem a good idea. Tests have unfortunatly shown that during its lifetime not even one small size windmill was able to produce the amount of energy needed in the production of the windmill itself. The only exception was a windmill home made out of recycled materials...
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Properly site fixed turbines and be done with it.
Now - mobile platform for remote operations (military or the other) is an idea. But talk about making yourself a visible target...