Shawn Frayne, an inventor based nearby in Mountain View, just won a Popular Mechanics award for a gearless wind power generation device that works 10-30x more efficiently on small scales than micro-turbines. It harnesses harmonic oscillation of a material within a wind stream to move magnets within coils of wire thus generating electricity. In the video you can see by clicking the link below, he shows a really small demo unit that someone could probably pretty easily build themselves. Take a look.
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Thank you so much for posting this vid. I am so glad that a huge publication like Popular Mechanics is focusing attention on a smart, creative person who a (a) notices the strange and awful ABSENCE of alternatives to industrial-sized turbines, and (b) comes up with an alternative that turns the turbine model on its head.
THIS IS THE KIND OF SOLUTION that we can perhaps imagine working in urban and suburban areas, where most electricity is consumed.
"Big wind" is just too sloppy and damaging and controversial. If I were a venture capitalist I'd look closely at small/tiny solutions that can be sited in urban areas.
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