The people at clean energy start-up Wind Harvest have developed and tested prototype of a vertical axis wind turbine that they claim can be installed close to the ground and used to supplement the energy generated by the traditional huge machines.
I have no doubt that this is possible, but I have serious concerns about its economic viability. As a colleague of mine likes to say, “If you don’t care what you’re paying for electricity, I’ll get you all the renewable energy you could every want.”
