Monday, April 6, 2009

Aeroturbine by Aerotecture


Aeroturbine was developed by Chicago-based Aerotecture International in 2007 and is a remarkable design in the field of renewable energy. Aeroturbine is known for its innovative design that is perfect for urban wind power generation. The turbines of Aeroturbine are designed for rooftop installation on either commercial or multi-family residences that have access to strong winds. Aerotecture started selling the commercial prototypes of Aeroturbine in late 2007.
Aeroturbine’s design has the interesting aspect of both a vertical prototype for multi-directional wind locations, and a horizontal version for locations with a steady primary wind direction. Aeroturbine has been designed to operate at slow speeds, with little noise and maintenance. The reflective finish and slow turning speed of Aeroturbine reduced the risk to birds and wildlife. A 510V Aeroturbine produces an estimated 1kW of power in 30 mph winds with the 520H produces an estimated 1.8kW from similar wind speeds. Each Aeroturbine is custom fitted to the architecture of the building with a ballpark cost for the 510V of $15,000 and the 520H of $21,000. As Aeroturbine is easy to move and install it can be easily considered as the next generation of wind energy, for our ever urbanizing world.
Potential installation locations for Aeroturbine needs to be 40 feet above ground, unobstructed by trees or other structures, with wind speeds averaging over 10mph. Many are arguing that the asking price is a too high for the Aeroturbine, but tend to forget that the payback time might be too long for Aeroturbine, but is still less then the cost we are and will be paying with our ever increasing carbon foot print.

5 comments:

  1. IS AEROTURBINE BY AEROTECTURE REALLY THE NEXT GENERATION OF WIND ENERGY?

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  2. Aeroturbine by Aerotecture is a great step in the field of renewable energy but the high cost and the low productivity make Aeroturbine a devise that could be used for enhancing productivity of renewable energy but Aeroturbine cant be fully relied upon.

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  3. AEROTURBINE BY AEROTECTURE IS STUPIDLY EXPENSIVE!

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  4. CHEAPER VESIONS OF AEROTURBINE ARE BEING MADE IN CHINA AND WILL BE COMPETING AEROTECTURE SOON

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