10 Feb 2006
'Micro' wind turbines are coming to town

Now we're starting to really think - this is a promising development. Rather than crafting huge "wind farms", the new approach is to distribute the generating capacity over and onto existing structures. They even discuss using the architectural wind dynamics of the building itself to harness energy.

But the real trick will be to keep the Department of Energy from picking a "winner" to shower with subsidies, thereby wounding or killing off the rest of the new designs.

A handful of start-ups are making mini turbines that go on top of city buildings and turn wind power into electricity.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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