Unless they ’ve induce stake in a big oil company , the most unwashed reasons the great unwashed have for fight the installation of wind turbines is the noise befoulment and the endangerment they pose to bird . But aradically redesign turbine with flap wingsinstead of spinning blades might in the end solve both of those problems .
Humanity has long adopt designs and solution from Mother Nature who ’s been honing her creations for eons , and this late form of biomimicry comes from a company called Tyer Winds who copied the graceful question of the hummingbird — arguably one of nature ’s most skilled flyers .
rather of three spinning sword that take up a lot of space and need to be instal richly off the ground , the Tyer Wind Converter uses a dyad of flank , each over five - feet longsighted , that sweet back and forth in a figure - eight motion in the piece of cake .
The singular design does n’t generate quite as much power as a similarly sized wind turbine , but it supply other key advantage that could expand where the Tyer Wind Converter can be installed . Not only are the flapping winds quieter , its Almighty claims they are less prostrate to being damaged in high fart scenarios . They also flummox less of a menace to birds , and thanks to a smaller step can be install in dense urban country , or packed even nasty in a large wind farm to maximise ability output .
But a redesigned wind turbine that make gobs of promises on paper is all but useless if no one can really install one and take advantage of all those wonderful feature of speech . The Tyer Wind Converter is n’t available for sale yet , but its Divine have work up working prototypes that are currently being test in real reality atmospheric condition to see if it can actually deliver on its promised improvements , and most significantly , actually generate enough power to be deserving the cost .
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