Comments on: Huge potential for offshore wind in Great Lakes http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2016 Anonymous Sun, 25 May 2008 02:17:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/#comment-2016 FloDesign video talked about a typical wind turbine is only 50% efficient the other 50% of the wind moves around the blades. FloDesign shows their secondary ring, pull additional air through causing a turbulent affect and i would imagine increase air pressure, resulting in turning the turbines faster and thus creating increase efficiency. At least that's how i interpreted it. FloDesign video talked about a typical wind turbine is only 50% efficient the other 50% of the wind moves around the blades. FloDesign shows their secondary ring, pull additional air through causing a turbulent affect and i would imagine increase air pressure, resulting in turning the turbines faster and thus creating increase efficiency. At least that’s how i interpreted it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2015 Anonymous Tue, 20 May 2008 20:16:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/#comment-2015 I looked at the FloDesign website and watched the vid, but they didn't show me how they are getting the increased efficiency, and especially since they first talk about large-blade machines knocking out of the way of the blades, ie deflecting, wind they might otherwise capture if it stayed within the circumference of the blades travel. Do you know of any better explanations of how the thing works? It seems to me the rear cowling catches that wind and adds it back into the on-axis winds, but this takes place AFTER they have passed the blades section. Is there some kind of suction effect pulling from after the fact, the winds still in front of the fact? I looked at the FloDesign website and watched the vid, but they didn’t show me how they are getting the increased efficiency, and especially since they first talk about large-blade machines knocking out of the way of the blades, ie deflecting, wind they might otherwise capture if it stayed within the circumference of the blades travel.

Do you know of any better explanations of how the thing works?

It seems to me the rear cowling catches that wind and adds it back into the on-axis winds, but this takes place AFTER they have passed the blades section. Is there some kind of suction effect pulling from after the fact, the winds still in front of the fact?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2012 Anonymous Sat, 17 May 2008 15:16:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/#comment-2012 ... things like R&D, Building new assets (offices, manufacturing plants), and training workers are all tax deductible. Companies effectively don't pay taxes for those things. Taxes are calculated based on NET PROFIT, not net revenue (hence the reason why the conservative minister of finance is an idiot for saying that lower business taxes will help the manufacturing sector in Ontario. If a company isn't making any profit, they don't pay taxes). … things like R&D, Building new assets (offices, manufacturing plants), and training workers are all tax deductible. Companies effectively don’t pay taxes for those things. Taxes are calculated based on NET PROFIT, not net revenue (hence the reason why the conservative minister of finance is an idiot for saying that lower business taxes will help the manufacturing sector in Ontario. If a company isn’t making any profit, they don’t pay taxes).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2014 Anonymous Thu, 15 May 2008 18:06:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/#comment-2014 Thanks for the heads-up to Flodesign. Very interesting technology. I wonder how it will affect capacity factor, power per turbine, and cost per watt. Stephen Thanks for the heads-up to Flodesign. Very interesting technology. I wonder how it will affect capacity factor, power per turbine, and cost per watt.

Stephen

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2013 Anonymous Thu, 15 May 2008 01:58:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/#comment-2013 Here a major breakthru in wind turbine from Flodesign’s jet engine shaped wind turbine is designed to be an amazingly 3 to 4 times more efficient than standard wind turbines. Present day wind turbines only capture 50% of the air flow, cannot stand high winds, have high building standards, require many trucks to deliver parts for 1 turbine and have to be built tall and away from habitable areas. http://got2begreen.com/jet-wind-turbine-4-times-more-efficient/ Al Gore, the former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner who is now a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has offered FloDesign venture financing totaling as much as $10 million. http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/14/al-gore-eyeing-big-investment-in-clean-energy-prize-winner/ Here a major breakthru in wind turbine from Flodesign’s jet engine shaped wind turbine is designed to be an amazingly 3 to 4 times more efficient than standard wind turbines. Present day wind turbines only capture 50% of the air flow, cannot stand high winds, have high building standards, require many trucks to deliver parts for 1 turbine and have to be built tall and away from habitable areas.

http://got2begreen.com/jet-wind-turbine-4-times-more-efficient/

Al Gore, the former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner who is now a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has offered FloDesign venture financing totaling as much as $10 million.

http://www.xconomy.com/2008/05/14/al-gore-eyeing-big-investment-in-clean-energy-prize-winner/

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 Anonymous Mon, 12 May 2008 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/#comment-2011 I am not sure where you learned accounting. Any business can use only after tax money for investment. I am not sure where you learned accounting. Any business can use only after tax money for investment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 Anonymous Mon, 12 May 2008 13:55:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/#comment-2010 Business taxes affect NOTHING except the money that is paid out in dividends. If you reinvest your profits in your company, nothing is lost, regardless of how high the business taxes are. Frankly I don't think that dividend payments are smart business in any case. They are just a shady way to boost a stock price by making potential shareholders drool in anticipation (and since most execs own shares in their own company... well, you can see why they give out huge dividends, right? It isn't for their company's success, because dividends don't help that. It is for their personal profit). However I do agree that Ontario and all levels of government across the rest of Canada are failing to provide any substantial support to real manufactures. And I honestly, truly don't understand why. There is no rhyme or reason to their stupidity. Business taxes affect NOTHING except the money that is paid out in dividends. If you reinvest your profits in your company, nothing is lost, regardless of how high the business taxes are. Frankly I don’t think that dividend payments are smart business in any case. They are just a shady way to boost a stock price by making potential shareholders drool in anticipation (and since most execs own shares in their own company… well, you can see why they give out huge dividends, right? It isn’t for their company’s success, because dividends don’t help that. It is for their personal profit).

However I do agree that Ontario and all levels of government across the rest of Canada are failing to provide any substantial support to real manufactures. And I honestly, truly don’t understand why. There is no rhyme or reason to their stupidity.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 Anonymous Sat, 10 May 2008 17:15:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/05/10/huge-potential-for-offshore-wind-in-great-lakes/#comment-2009 Asking why is a good question. Ontario government, except for throwing money at car manufacturers (they are after the unions jobs) has no interest in manufacturing. They are happy to pay .42/kwh hour for solar, even though none of it is going toward the development of solar manufacturing in Ontario, and they have some of the highest taxes on manufacturers in North America. But as long as they can throw money a Public Union workers and auto workers, they are happy. You have to be absolutely stupid to start a manufacturing business in Ontario. Asking why is a good question. Ontario government, except for throwing money at car manufacturers (they are after the unions jobs) has no interest in manufacturing. They are happy to pay .42/kwh hour for solar, even though none of it is going toward the development of solar manufacturing in Ontario, and they have some of the highest taxes on manufacturers in North America. But as long as they can throw money a Public Union workers and auto workers, they are happy. You have to be absolutely stupid to start a manufacturing business in Ontario.

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