Back to the Future of Wind Energy Technology with Paul Gipe

I have noticed for a while that the same few "unusual" wind turbine designs seem to crop up over and over again as a "new" wind technology. This video is a critical look at these new wind products with guest Paul Gipe who has been monitoring the wind industry for over 40 years. I haven't referred to many by name here, but the advice in this video applies to all the ones I get frequently asked about: PowerPod, IceWind, Alpha311, Archimedes Screw, Lantern-type and any ducted, shrouded or vertical axis wind turbines. Bookmarks: 00:00 Intro 02:20 Paul Gipe's tips to identify a "fantasy wind turbine" 03:29 #1 High hype - experience low 03:45 #2 Aggressive marketing 03:55 #3 Celebrity endorsements 04:01 #4 "not like those other wind turbines" 04:20 #5 New patents 04:39 #6 Drag devices: squirrels in a cage 05:18 #7 Ducted turbines 05:43 #8 No hardware, but a fancy website 06:01 #9 Works in low wind 06:19 #10 Silent 06:44 #11 Does not kill birds 07:19 Small wind turbines have small everything 08:43 History repeats 09:41 A cautionary tale 10:19 Wind turbines in the Eiffel Tower 11:39 Rosie is a party pooper 12:17 Betteridge's law of headlines Check out Paul Gipe's website: Wind-Works.org And Wind Energy for the Rest of Us: http://www.wind-works.org/cms/index.p... This is the other book I show: Wind Machines by Eldridge 2nd Edition https://books.google.com.au/books/abo... It's out of print, I tracked down a copy on Ebay. The full paper on bird mortaility is available to download here: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs... You can find independently certified small wind turbines here: https://smallwindcertification.org/ce... https://www.dnv.com/services/valid-ce... (download the Excel file) If you would like to help develop the Engineering with Rosie channel, you could consider joining the Patreon community, where there is a chat community about topics covered in the videos and suggestions for future videos and production quality improvements.   / engineeringwithrosie   Thanks for watching the video Back to the Future of Wind Energy Technology #technology #engineering #educational