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One of the barriers to widespread development of wind power is the wind itself: while it blows like crazy in places like Kansas, Texas and South Dakota, as well as off-shore, other locations just don’t get the wind speeds that would make this form of generation economically viable. That may change somewhat if the new STAR wind turbine blades by Knight & Carver<\/a> (who’s other main product, interestingly enough, is luxury boats) performs as planned. The blades are designed to work on wind turbines located in areas with lower wind speeds: according to their press materials,<\/p>\n

With the name “STAR”\u0094 –\u0096 which stands for “Sweep Twist Adaptive Rotor”\u0094 –\u0096 the blade is the first of its kind ever built. Its most distinctive characteristic is a gently curved tip, which unlike the vast majority of blades in current use, is specially designed for low-wind-speed regions.<\/p>\n

Sized overall at 27.5 meters (approx. 90’\u00922″\u0094) x 2.4 meters (approx. 7’\u00928″\u0094), the blade takes maximum advantage of all wind speeds, including marginal speeds. Instead of the traditional linear shape, the blade features a curvature toward the trailing edge, designed to relieve pressure on the blade and turbine drive train.<\/p>\n

“\u0093Depending on the wind farm’s site, this blade will capture between 5 and 10 percent more energy,”\u0094 said Gary Kanaby, Knight & Carver’\u0092s Blade Division Manager.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The blades have already received the DOE’s “\u0093Outstanding Research and Development Partnership Award,”\u0094 and the department has placed a high priority on developing the technology to take advantage of wind resources that haven’t been considered commercially viable. Apparently, these things take quite a bit of time and energy to build — a second one isn’t slated for completion until the end of the year. Still, this could give a boost to wind power development nationally.<\/p>\n

Via 25x’25<\/a><\/p>\n

Categories: wind<\/a>, energy<\/a>, renewable<\/a>, blades<\/a>, innovation<\/a>, knight&carver<\/a>, departmentofenergy<\/a>, us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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