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Posted on Monday, November 3, 2008 in Uncategorized

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Renewable energy ideal – wind turbine on wheels to capture hurricane power?

Is it possible to get a giant mobile wind turbine on wheels that can be placed in hurricanes in order to collect large amounts of energy?

For example, how about a very rugged turbine(like propeller you would use for planes going 500 MPH) and a energy storage device that converts aluminum oxide to aluminum(high energy potential material/released energy = thermite reaction) for example. With hydrogen, you waste energy compressing… so preferrably some energy conversion system that gives solids or liquids. Then just pump the fuel to anywhere and convert it to electricity.

YEAH???
Of course you take the wheels off and lock in down once on location… materials for construction can be very cheap I think if they REALLY REALLY tried to build using already made parts.

It is not possible to make strong enough and big enough turbines that are also portable, and any way, hurricanes do not happen often enough. And just imagine the amount of fuel and number of workers and the time that would be needed to move these giant machines! Far better to build thousands of turbines permanently installed in locations that see moderately strong winds most of the year. Winds strong enough to make lots of power but not so strong as to damage the turbines. Winds than blow almost every day and not only one or two days out of the year. That is being done already.

And your energy storage ideas sound like they would store very little energy and require a great deal of trouble to implement.


Wind-powered hydroelectric system with pumped storage


Wind-powered hydroelectric system with pumped storage




Independent Power Generation from Combined Wind, Water and Diesel Generators with Pumped Water Storage on Foula Island, Shetland, UK: Energy: Energy [Series]


Independent Power Generation from Combined Wind, Water and Diesel Generators with Pumped Water Storage on Foula Island, Shetland, UK: Energy: Energy [Series]





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