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    A vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) is a type of wind turbine where the main rotor shaft is set transverse to the wind while the main components are located...
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    The Darrieus wind turbine is a type of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) used to generate electricity from wind energy. The turbine consists of a number...
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    wind turbines are a type of vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT), used for converting the force of the wind into torque on a rotating shaft. The turbine...
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    Advanced wind turbines were described by Croatian inventor Fausto Veranzio in his book Machinae Novae (1595). He described vertical axis wind turbines with...
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    is the vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT), with blades extending upwards, supported by a rotating framework. Due to the large growth of the wind power industry...
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    turbine, and for the family of similar vertical axis wind turbines which includes also Turby wind turbine, aerotecture turbine, Quietrevolution wind turbine...
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    Panemone windmill (category Wind turbines)
    a type of vertical-axis wind turbine. It has a rotating axis positioned vertically, while the wind-catching blades move parallel to the wind. By contrast...
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    5-10 kW at their optimal wind speed. Most small wind turbines are horizontal-axis wind turbines, but vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) may have benefits...
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    A floating wind turbine is an offshore wind turbine mounted on a floating structure that allows the turbine to generate electricity in water depths where...
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    stylized with lower-case "q": quietrevolution) is a brand of vertical-axis wind turbines owned since 2014 by Darrieus Ltd previously VWT Power Ltd in...
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    Betz's law (category Wind power)
    JSTOR 43857254. Newman, B.G. (1983). "Actuator-disc theory for vertical-axis wind turbines". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 15 (1–3): 347–355...
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    Floating wind turbine Vertical-axis wind turbine Wind-turbine aerodynamics Copper in renewable energy, section Wind Unconventional wind turbines "Efficiency...
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    atmosphere. Atmospheric wind shear is normally described as either vertical or horizontal wind shear. Vertical wind shear is a change in wind speed or direction...
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    Darrieus wind turbine was invented, with its vertical axis providing a different mix of design tradeoffs from the conventional horizontal-axis wind turbine. The...
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    onshore and all large-scale offshore wind turbines currently installed are horizontal-axis, vertical-axis wind turbines have been proposed for use in offshore...
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  • released their first patented vertical axis wind turbines in May 2006. In 2007, they added another two models of turbines to their product lineup. In November...
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  • Records, a record label founded by John Denver Windstar turbine, a vertical axis wind turbine Zero Gravity Windstar, a South Korean paraglider design...
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    electric output to 1.1 MW. The second turbine tested at the Edison site was a 500-kilowatt vertical axis wind turbine generator produced by Alcoa. The Alcoa...
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    decreasing the stress experienced by the blades of a Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine. In English language scientific literature it has been variously...
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  • three-bladed horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT). Vertical axis wind turbine – type of wind turbine where the main rotor shaft is set vertically and the main components...
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    of vertical-axis Darrieus wind turbine. The three vertical aerofoil blades have a helical twist of 60 degrees, similar to Gorlov's water turbines. The...
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    near one. Wind turbines are a potential application of cyclorotors. They are named in this case variable-pitch vertical-axis wind turbines, with large...
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    horizontal axis wind turbine having an upwind rotor with 3 blades, attached to a nacelle on top of a tall tubular tower. In a wind farm, individual turbines are...
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    Most common models use horizontal axis wind-turbines, but now models are appearing with vertical axis wind-turbines, using a helicoidal shaped, twisted-Savonius...
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    Windstar vertical-axis turbine is a lift-type device with straight blades attached at each end to a central rotating shaft. Windstar turbines were invented...
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    Other turbine types are clogged more easily, and consequently face power losses despite higher nominal efficiencies. Water turbines Vertical axis wind turbines...
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    DARRIEUS VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE Design and multiperspectivity-based performance investigations of H-Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine through computational...
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  • Waterjet technology Horizontal directional drilling technology Vertical axis wind turbine technology Advanced wet-blasting technology In 2000, Pao was elected...
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  • Thumbnail for Environmental impact of wind power
    impact of electricity generation from wind power is minor when compared to that of fossil fuel power. Wind turbines have some of the lowest global warming...
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    117.5 386 1929 Currently used as an exhibition and event hall Vertical axis wind turbine Éole  Canada Gaspésie 110 361 1987 49°04′35″N 66°44′06″W / 49...
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