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On Monday 28 May 2007 05:58, Richard Brown wrote .... > You will be pleased to know that a guy I know is currently doing > exactly that. They already have a large turbine just off South Wales > for the purpose of testing. The big problem they have is that the > turbine must be fail-safe. Why cant people think outside the box? Wind power should not mean windmills! I don't know it you read my gibber earlier where I mentioned vertical blades in tidal streams. How about vertical blades on a conveyor belt for wind power. Simple fabric and wire blades will feather as the wind increases - and as they're not radial you can reduce the inherent inefficiencies of a propellor. > They only have a very small window each > year to either install or maintain the turbines. But the project is > very much going ahead with the grants etc they now have. > <http://www.tidalgeneration.co.uk/index.html> > -- > Rich > http://www.cregy.co.uk > Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. > Romans 12 v 1 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html