Double the fun! First hybrid wind/current generator.

[silverweb]

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]This has wonderful potential. I hope it's wildly successful and widely installed!



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The Darrieus wind turbine efficiently harnesses the ocean wind: The omnidirectional Darrieus turbine rotates regardless of the wind direction. Due to the location of the generator, the system has excellent stability with a low center of gravity, as well as excellent maintainability with easy access. The Darrieus’ rectangular swept area catches twice as much wind when compared to the circular swept area of typical onshore wind turbines of the same diameter and is therefore capable of delivering twice as much power from a single installation - far more power from the same wind farm area

The Savonius current turbine harnesses the current: The split-cylinder-shaped buckets of the Savonius current turbine can harness any weak current and will rotate in one direction regardless of current direction. This turbine is insensitive to marine growth on the buckets and is harmless to the marine ecosystem, as it rotates slowly at the speed of the current. - MODEC

[font color="navy"]More: http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/worlds-first-floating-windcurrent-hybrid-generator.html

[Champion Jack]

1. But but but.....that thing could stop the oceans currents

And cause the trees to grow backwards!

[silverweb]

3. LOL

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]And I just know some dimwit is actually going to assert that!

[OnlinePoker]

2. If they could harness the up and down motion of the waves they would have a three-fer.

[silverweb]

4. That would be awesome!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Maybe they're already working on it!