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| CANADIAN ELECTRICITY FORUM, New Supply Options In Alberta's Changing Electricity Marketplace Forum, EDMONTON, ALBERTA (October 30 - 31, 2000)
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WARPTM THE NEXT WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION
Alfred L. Weisbrich, PE, President, ENECO
Gunther J. Weisbrich (Speaker), Vice President, ENECO
CONCLUSION
WARP™'s patented wind energy design offers the electrical energy industry a unique and cost effective method of generating clean, renewable electrical energy. The following attributes make WARP™ a significant advancement to the conventional large bladed wind systems on the market today:
- Amplifies the wind speed up to a factor of 1.8
- Can capture the high wind speeds at elevation
- Always perfectly aligned perpendicular to the wind
- Uses high reliability/durability rotors
- No gearbox
- Comprised of simple off-the-shelf-components
- Able to use mass production economics
- Ease of transportation, construction and maintenance
- Structurally very stable (grooms wind and guy-wire use)
- Eliminates the problem of sprawl (i.e. less land required)
- Reduces far field noise, disco effect and flicker interference
- Protects against lightning strikes
While supplying the mentioned benefits, the WARP™ technology is also capable of (but not limited to) being employed as an energy source in the following applications:
- Onshore utility scale wind farms
- Offshore utility scale wind farms (in any water depth)
- Use of decommissioned oil and gas platforms
- High rise rooftops
- Telecom/microwave towers
- Electrical utility transmission towers
- Cargo tanker power supply
- Remote fire monitors in forested areas
- Dual use with photovoltaic solar cells
- Used in conjunction with hydrogen gas turbines and/or hydrogen fuel cells
The synergistic impact of these WARP™ systems benefits and applications bring attractive low cost of energy and/or savings for excellent return on investment for the generation of clean, renewable electrical energy.
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