[HN Gopher] Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half th...
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       Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half the cost, more
       power
        
       Author : belter
       Score  : 98 points
       Date   : 2023-09-16 16:24 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (newatlas.com)
        
       | gbtw wrote:
       | Sort of novel idea on a Tjasker windmill. I will be surprised if
       | this ever makes it out of the idea stage though.
        
       | lostlogin wrote:
       | That blade makes me nervous if low wind speed and large waves is
       | a combination that ever happens.
       | 
       | It would be interesting to watch one as wind speed increases,
       | it's a neat design.
        
         | belter wrote:
         | Addressed at 32 seconds in the video here:
         | https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/this-tilting-one-blader-fl...
        
           | Dylan16807 wrote:
           | Addressed how? All I see is a demonstration of tilting up in
           | high winds. The worry here is _low_ winds and high _waves_.
           | 
           | Or did you mean the "watch one" part is addressed? Sort of,
           | but it's just a video of a render.
        
       | dmckeon wrote:
       | Should be interesting to see how these work in the combination of
       | wave action, high wind speed, and high rotor tip speed. Seems
       | like the rotor blades would be under flexing action from passing
       | waves. Cool idea, and reduces the classic killer of windmills:
       | heat from friction in high winds.
        
       | sytse wrote:
       | Very cool idea. It is similar to an auto gyro copter, causing the
       | rotor to pull the tower instead of a traditional wind turbine
       | where it is pushing it sideways. This is way more efficient. If
       | winds get high the rotor pulls the construction upright, causing
       | the plane of the rotor to be horizontal, which reduces its wind
       | capture area and speed.
        
       | skymast wrote:
       | I am an environmentalist, I prefer nuclear.
        
         | belter wrote:
         | Even Don Quixote knew when to pick his battles...
        
       | alecco wrote:
       | Original non-blogspam:
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       | https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/this-tilting-one-blader-fl...
        
         | zymhan wrote:
         | That link has far less information on the design and function
         | of the wind turbine, compared to the OP.
        
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