[RE-wrenches] Helix Wind

[Matt Tritt]

They could have called themselves Blownergy just as well. :-)

I saw these guys at one of the shows somewhere a while back, and it 
prompted me to discuss their merits (lack thereof) with my fellow wind 
bozos on the AWEA list - mainly, that this thing is perfect blend of low 
performance and high cost that so MANY are searching for. We know that 
the helical shape of the rotor is no more, and maybe less, efficient 
that a conventional  Savonius turbine, and we know that vertical is not 
the optimal orientation for PV (unless you happen to be in Alaska), so 
they provided the icing on the cake by creating the need for sliprings 
on a timy, spinning PV module that should blow the mind of any known 
MPPT controller available.

PT Barnum would have loved this thing.

Matt T

Allan Sindelar wrote:

> There's a company here in Santa Fe that fits that description: 
> Bluenergy Solarwind (www.bluenergyusa.com 
> <http://www.bluenergyusa.com/>). I have yet to see a product from them.
>
>  
>
> Allan Sindelar
>
> Allan at positiveenergysolar.com <mailto:Allan at positiveenergysolar.com>
>
> NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer
>
> EE98J Journeyman Electrician
>
> Positive Energy, Inc.
>
> 3201 Calle Marie
>
> Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
>
> 505 424-1112
>
> www.positiveenergysolar.com <http://www.positiveenergysolar.com>
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> The name Helix made me recall another VAWT company by that same name 
> [?] that offered a nearly identical device except that it's helical 
> flutes were covered with PV cells.
>
> Really.
>
> A 2006 PV customer with an excellent wind friendly ridge-top home sent 
> me the link which I can't find.
>
> They just never give up.
>
>  
>
> Jim Duncan
> North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
> 817.917.0527
> ntrei at earthlink.net <mailto:ntrei at earthlink.net>
> www.ntrei.com <http://www.ntrei.com>
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>     http://www.helixwind.com/en/index.php
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>     Anyone have any feedback on these?
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