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That 'windlens' seems to be a lot of material – I wonder at the cost factor. Also, it is nice to see production raised more than twice for a turbine with less than a metre long blades, but how does the increased energy production scale?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Mon Sep 5th, 2011 at 06:54:20 AM EST
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Sure, you have to wonder about the mechanical practicality of a large scale version and I look forward to seeing that scaled up version tested.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Sep 5th, 2011 at 07:06:31 AM EST
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I wonder what the efficiency results would be (ignoring cost), if fixed position smaller windlenses were installed on a tower. I recall about a month ago that a 13 year old demonstrated greater PV efficiency with this concept.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Sep 5th, 2011 at 07:49:48 AM EST
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