A wind turbine without blades? | Vortex wind turbines

No blades! A pole-shaped wind turbine, Vortex Bladeless, generates power by shaking.
Vortex Bladeless has designed a technology that is an alternative and innovative way to turn wind energy into power without the need for giant turbine blades that can be an eyesore on the environment and also harmful for birds. The start-up was founded in 2014 to properly focus on developing a new kind of wind turbine that oscillates instead of rotating with blades. The company filed a patent for this technology.
One of its main benefits of this particular wind turbine is the reduction of the environmental impact. Although the installation of a traditional wind farm first goes through an exhaustive process of assessing its environmental footprint, especially concerning wildlife, no system has yet been developed to completely avoid bird strikes. Nonetheless, bladeless turbines move a lot less, which will allow animals to avoid them more easily. Moreover, their operation generates considerably less noise, which reduces noise pollution and even allows wind turbines to be placed in urban areas and much closer to points of consumption.
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