Rooftop Wind Power

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http://glrc.org/transcript.php3?story_id=3410

The government wants 20% of the energy generated in the nation from renewable resources. Today, we're at a mere fraction of that goal. Lisa Ann Pinkerton reports experts believe the US could get there sooner if wind power technology can be moved successfully to where the electricity is actually consumed, America's cities:

Right next to Lake Erie, a large wind turbine spins hypnotically in the breeze. Its three big propeller blades provide only around 6% of the energy consumed at the museum where it's located, the Great Lake Science Center. So the big turbine is mainly for educational purposes. The museum's Executive Director, Linda Abraham Silver says turbine catches the steady winds off the lake:

"We don't want turbulence, that's right. Steady wind is what produces the best energy and saves the gears and instrumentation inside."

The single wind turbine stands in a wide open space near Lake Erie, but here on the streets of downtown Cleveland, the wind is blustery and unpredictable. These conditions are hostile to traditional turbines. So the conventional wisdom was wind power couldn't flourish in urban environments... that is, until now.

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1. Well, there's plenty of wind on E.9th St.

It is perpendicular to the lake shoreline and all the buildings seem to act like a wind funnel. If you walk along Euclid and pass the protection of the buildings on E.9th, the wind might knock you over.

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2. Some pics of the mentioned systems.

Quiet Revolution

http://futurefeeder.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/

Aerotecture

http://news.com.com/2300-11398_3-6037543-5.html

Aerovironment

http://www.hugg.com/index.php?search=micro+wind+turbines%2C+wind+power&tag=true