Are We Building Wind Turbines All Wrong? SeaTwirl Thinks So
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Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs) are more efficient than Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) in theory. From an offshore wind energy extraction perspective though, things might just be different. Let's hear from SeaTwirl about their floating VAWT design! 📌Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:56 SeaTwirl 01:16 VAWT - Why Bring It Back Now? 02:31 SeaTwirl 03:21 SeaTwirl S1 Turbine 04:37 Lessons Learned from the S1 Prototype 06:07 Next Steps: SeaTwirl S2, SeaTwirl S2X, SeaTwirl S3 07:46 SeaTwirl's Vision 08:58 Components of the SeaTwirl VAWT 09:57 Two-Bladed vs Three-Bladed VAWT 10:59 Materials 11:15 Disadvantage: Efficiency 12:42 Wind Turbine Spacing 13:20 Outro 🌱 Join the Engineering with Rosie Patreon community to help develop our channel here: https://www.patreon.com/engineeringwithrosie You'll join our Patreon-only chat/Discord server to discuss and suggest topics of interest! ☕️ Or you can support by buying me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/engwithrosie ⚙️The Engineering with Rosie team: Rosemary Barnes - Presenter, Producer & Writer Javi Diez - Graphics & Editor (https://www.linkedin.com/in/javierdiezsuarez/?locale=en_US) Jae Chong - Research & Production Assistant #windturbine #offshorewind #vawt #renewables #energytransition
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