MetaFilter posts tagged with windturbine

Ten new wind turbine designs

Slithy_Tove — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:25:38 -0800

Ten new wind turbine designs. Curious, grotesque, sculptural, beautiful, utilitarian.

"Ecology is not just an urgency of the economy and protection of our world but also creativity and elegance"

Artw — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:22:45 -0800

A Philippe Starck designed Wind Turbine?

Danish Wind Turbine Loses Battle with Wind

Fuzzy Skinner — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:38:35 -0800

The dramatic collapse of a Danish wind turbine was captured on video. Someone thoughtfully made a slow motion version. Apparently, there were two such collapses within a week.

Windmill output of up to one MegaTrumpton

Artw — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:04:54 -0800

Could giant magnetically levitated windmills be the solution to the worlds energy problems? Chinese scientist have reported 20 percent increase in capacity over traditional wind turbines using maglev turbines, and now Arizona-based based Maglev Wind Turbine Technologies claims their turbines will have 1000 times the capacity of a traditional turbine. Not everybody is convinced.

gimli — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:20:41 -0800

Flying Windmills and Whirlygigs. As the windy month comes to a close, these two stories seem appropriate. Two men on opposite sides of the globe, each a bit of a cross between Edison and Quixote.