Big benefits from smaller turbines
You don't need huge wind turbines to generate electricity says the people at Innowind from Norway.
The world first Innowind-Hexicon floating wind farm. Smaller turbines can be more effective than large ones (Photo: Innowind)
Today's approach to wind energy is to build larger and larger three bladed windmills. According to Innowind this is an old fashioned way of doing things. As they say on their web site, a new era in wind energy require a new approach. Instead of thinking big, Innowind is thinking small. Here is why: A windmill with a diameter of 150 meters occupies 17 622 square meters! The blades alone are not larger than 1125 square meters, which means that 16530 square meters of potential kinetically break energy is wasted.
Innowind has developed technology to dramatically reduce the size of the wind turbine, and increase the efficiency. They do this by multiple surfaces to extract energy. A solution beneficial for all aspects of wind turbine installation, power production and maintenance.
Nordic Co-operation
Innowind AS and Hexicon AB (Sweden) signed an agreement January 8th 2010 for cooperation to develop and market a joint concept for the world first Innowind-Hexicon floating wind farm. As the first really competitive floating offshore platform with windpower , Innowind and Hexicon will be able to offer a standard solution of 60MW wind power with all equipment integrated into one platform/ unit.
Concept benefits
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Reduced dimensions and increase efficiency.
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Design toward harsh environment installation
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Stabilized power production
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Eased Installation and maintenance
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Dual installation
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Increased safety
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Proven technology
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Reduced cost
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