Wind power is gradually rising to the challenge, and in the residential market, it is as popular as solar power. Meet the Liam F1 Mini Urban Wind Turbine by Archimedes – a miniature wind turbine specially developed for city use.
This small and revolutionary product delivers energy to home roofs and generates up to 1500 kWh of free electricity per year — and it is silent. The Liam F1 is quickly proving to be a strong contender for solar energy solutions and a worthy contender for solar panels for consumers who are concerned about sustainability and the environment.
The article triggers my hype meter, which is a bad thing if the product actualy delivers what it claims.
The design is new and looks neat, so I searched for an article with more information, and found this:
https://newatlas.com/the-archimedes-liam-f1-urban-wind-turbine/32263/
They do firmly claim a very high energy extraction rate (a power coefficient of 0.8):
The downside is a rotor with great surface area, and thus mass. It doesn’t weigh 20 kilograms like a bladed 1.5 meter turbine might be expected to weigh, it weighs 75 kilos.
For now, sadly, the cost is ridiculous. But I guess they need to recover their development cost somehow, and the manufacturing cost is considerably higher than with bladed turbines.
How to find a cheaper manufacturing method? Good question. Printing one is probably very slow. It looks unsuitable for conventional blade-making technologies (glass fiber + resin). They seem to have made it from metal (I’m not 100% sure), but is there a better way?
The headline does seem a little like clickbait. Thanks for looking into it and sharing what you found.
Yeah this website seems to be all about click bait
honestly smaller scale to me is perfect. I would love something small enough for a condo balcony in both corners. Combine that with the railing solar and who knows.