WInd Captured

About

Waste of energy. That is what wind turbines are. Or at least they are currently. By trying to capture wind energy directly as electricity and then transport it to the end user most of the actual energy of the wind that is captured is then lost along the many processes along the way. If you know anything about electricity, which I know you do, you will know that it travels really very poorly. The best way to use electricity is directly with as few phase changes as possible. By creating relatively small amounts of electricity at great distance from the end user is the worst way to approach wind energy.Our patented technology approaches it from a completely new way. Instead of capturing the energy as electricity to transport it captures it as compressed air or gas. This can be stored and transported in tanks or direct piped to the end user. This is a crucial difference as what goes into the (10,000's of cycle) reusable tanks is stored with near zero loss and can be delivered very cost effectivelyto the site of use and there it can be used to power processes and machinery directly (10% of all European electricity is used in the production of compressed gas as it is) or it can be used in the readily available and well proven and reliable compressed gas electricity generators. By taking the energy and storing it as compressed gas it means that all of the losses encountered in electricity transmission can be eliminated. And the in relative terms small amounts of energy created at distance become amplified in impact because the energy captured is what is deliverable. 66% is a commonly used figure for losses in transmission at distance, and wind turbines by their very design are where most people and where most electricity use isn't, be that at sea or windswept hillsides the cleanest and best winds are where people aren't. And transporting the electricity to where people use the energy destroys any real gains, wind turbines only last 20 years and are built using coal (mainly barring a few blades made in the UK) with many studies showing that the actual embedded energy use of wind turbines is actually a loss - as in wind turbines never actually make new energy. By removing the electricity generation and then the electricity transmission element of the current wind turbine design massive savings in resources are also achieved. No 50 tons of copper is needed per large wind turbine, no extensive high cost cabling is needed. Just a (relatively low cost) compressor on the wind turbine (to be called a wind harvester to differentiate from electricity types) and low cost tanks and piping to end user with low cost compressed gas electricity generators embedded close to use."But we are electricity company, this is a disaster they are suggesting making compressed gas and replacing us?!?" Well no, what we are suggesting is that rather than transporting electricity ineffectively that we (you) transport compressed air or gas very efficiently and then position next to the users embedded electricity generators (compressed gas electric generators) that can directly match the needs of the users and provide the electricity they need when they need it with the least loss of captured energy. It offers a truly green energy system that can be rapidly rolled out to great effect.Harvest the wind.