The World has an article up about the V-LIM and wind power on the coast.
Geddry likens the difference between current wind technology and her turbine to a prop airplane and a jetliner.
Existing wind turbine models actually create turbulence in the air around them. Geddry said her model produces a low pressure zone behind the fan, increasing wind velocity. It also will have a spoiler that will aid in directing the wind into the blades.
“We control the airflow, just like on a jet engine,†she said.
Most of the wind power industry relies on separate turbines and generators. The two systems are one in the same in Geddry’s model. This cuts down on maintenance costs, she said.
To clarify, the generator is a direct drive system built into the annulus of the turbine making the turbine a generator. Also, air foils not the spoiler pivot the V-LIM turbine into the wind.
There is a cute little sidebar about an encounter Ric Morrisonn, fabricator of the prototype had with a pair of rare earth neodymium magnets.
UPDATE: Just to be sure there is no confusion, Rogue River Wind, Ltd has no plans to enter the manufacturing business. RRW will license the manufacturing rights to qualified manufacturers on a regional basis and market to commercial and utility scale projects. The World article implies that Vaiya and RRW will be looking to start up manufacturing here on the coast when, only Vaiyu will be doing so.
