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#1 2025-08-06 14:27:02
- Terraformer
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Invelox Wind Turbine
Wind turbine that uses a shroud to catch wind and channel it to a ground level turbine.
Safer for wildlife, and presumably not as top heavy. A potential contender for floating wind generation?
Use what is abundant and build to last
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#2 2025-08-06 15:04:48
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Re: Invelox Wind Turbine
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#3 2025-08-06 15:22:28
- Calliban
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Re: Invelox Wind Turbine
A ducted wind power concept. I like it. The cross sectional area of the duct is lower than the swept area of a conventional horizontal axis wind turbine of the same tower height. So power density is lower. But the tower and duct are static structures and won't wear out quickly. The moving parts are relatively compact and close to ground, making it easy to swap them out as modular components. So this design benefits from greater longevity and is easier to repair. If I wanted building integrated wind power, this sort of ducted design is where I would start.
"Plan and prepare for every possibility, and you will never act. It is nobler to have courage as we stumble into half the things we fear than to analyse every possible obstacle and begin nothing. Great things are achieved by embracing great dangers."
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#4 2025-08-07 14:39:06
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Re: Invelox Wind Turbine
I have seen another that is simular. 
Is this the ‘safest, most powerful wind turbine in the world’?
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#5 2025-08-08 13:16:42
- Calliban
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Re: Invelox Wind Turbine
In the UK, the wind predominantly blows from the west. The majority of wind energy comes from this direction as well. If the funnel is angled towards to the west, it would gather almost as much energy as the multidirectional funnel over a year.
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