Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

Discussion at January SE CERTs Steering Committee meeting:

Small vertical axis wind turbines: Lots of changing developments, pilots, companies doing more business. There is a sense that this is becoming a more reliable technology option. Dan Hayes mentioned that he heard about two vertical axis turbines near Century High School in Rochester.

If you are interested in reading more, check out the following articles and links:
 http://www.awea.org/faq/vawt.html - a good summary of types of VAWT.
 http://www.motherearthnews.com/Renewable-Energy/2008-02-01/Wind-Power-Horizontal-and-Vertical-Axis-Wind-Turbines.aspx - this is an interview with Mick Sagrillo, a well-known small wind guru. He’s not so high on vertical axis turbines, but the interview is from a year ago and on the 4th page he does talk about the potential promise of some emerging technologies.
 Wind Power 2008 Conference – had a number of vertical axis machines and lots of blog/article posts about said technology afterward (google this and you’ll even get YouTube Videos).
 TreeHugger.com has also had a series of articles on vertical axis wind turbines