{"id":419,"date":"2012-06-21T05:49:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T05:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=419"},"modified":"2012-06-21T06:54:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T06:54:10","slug":"vertical-wind-turbines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"Vertical Wind Turbines."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of people who do not like wind turbines to be<br \/>\nplaced in the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>The real problem is not where they are constructed,<br \/>\nbut how to generate electrical power just where it is needed the<br \/>\nmost:\u00a0 &#8211;<br \/>\ni.e.\u00a0 In our cities or urban centres.<\/p>\n<p>I was in centre of Bristol last week, and came upon the site of a<br \/>\nvertical wind turbine which is installed on top of a roof.<\/p>\n<p>It looked very elegant indeed.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of very <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heliosbuzz.com\/wind-energy-vertical-axis-wind-turbines\/vawt\/\" target=\"_blank\">good technical reasons<\/a> why this type of<br \/>\nvertical turbine in ideal for use within urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>The are<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/search?q=vertical+access+wind+turbines&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=kwO&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=2vnhT4viI4iH8gP_hozXDg&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CHwQsAQ&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=674\" target=\"_blank\"> many different models to choice from<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them are also being used in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windpowermonthly.com\/news\/1137429\/2MW-vertical-axis-offshore-turbine-trialled\/\" target=\"_blank\">offshore <\/a>wind farms.<\/p>\n<p>There are also a lot of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mywindpowersystem.com\/2009\/05\/23\/the-most-amazing-wind-turbines-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\">very imaginative designs<\/a> for windturbines<br \/>\nwhich have been and are being developed right now.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to the day in which they become just as common a<br \/>\nsight as the urban fox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of people who do not like wind turbines to be placed in the countryside. The real problem is not where they are constructed, but how to generate electrical power just where it is needed the most:\u00a0 &#8211; i.e.\u00a0 In our cities or urban centres. I was in centre of Bristol last &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=419\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vertical Wind Turbines.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}