Vice President, Global Head of Renewable Energy, AFRY | Driving Profitability and Growth | Sustainable Energy Strategist | Dynamic Executive Leader
Building bigger doesn't always mean smarter. It's so exciting to witness the continuous innovation around #WindEnergy, developing smarter turbine designs with greater efficiency. While larger #turbines have been a great success in increasing the amount of energy produced, looking at smaller designs will make #WindPower more compatible with urban environments and opens up so many possibilities for local power generation.
Director - Senior PR & Communications Consultancy (Climate Tech) | Woman and Climate City Lead
"What about technology that makes small changes, which, when added up, make a big impact?" We've gone big on wind turbines and solar panels, now designing wind turbines as tall as skyscrapers and building solar plants with 7 million solar panels, both impressive and necessary for the energy transition. But I've also been talking to a few companies recently that have a different technology model which, while not as impressive in terms of scale, have the potential to play a key role in the transition too. Two such technologies are compact horizontal wind turbines and vertical axis wind turbines. AirPlus Renewables is set to bring a game-changing patented design of wind turbine to market, which can produce power at low air speed. The compact horizontal wind turbine design allows energy to be harnessed from both naturally occurring wind (on top of high-rise buildings) and from airflow generated by motorway traffic. Alpha 311 Ltd has designed a turbine that 'can fit almost anywhere'. The vertical axis wind turbine creates power where it's needed most: locally, and enables every road, bridge, building or tower to become a wind farm. A reminder that big doesn't always mean better, and that we need a combination of big and small changes to get the job done. What other technologies are there out there that are small in size, but have the potential to do big things? #cleantech #renewables #windturbines #windenergy #innovation #startups #raisingawareness
