e-POSTER: Where Innovation Brings Change
21 May 19
9:30 AM
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9:55 AM
Tracks:
Community Wind/Distributed Wind Systems, Poster Presentations
Since the 1990s, the share of renewable energies has been steadily increasing. This has been significantly reinforced by seeking to achieve climate goals. However it is known that an increased share of renewable energy sources in the existing network structures leads to power fluctuations. These can be compensated today usually only with conventional fossil-based sources of energy. For this reason, the electricity industry is undergoing a complete upheaval towards a greater decentralization of several complementary, renewable energy producers and sources. Wind energy is able to economically generate larger quantities of energy in a relatively small space; higher energy density. For this reason, it plays an important role in the development of decentralized energy markets. However, today's medium and large wind turbines are limited in their fit for distri-buted power production. They require complex logistics, produce perceptible sound and often not accepted by the effected population. Small wind turbines, e.g. “roof-top scale” cannot make a sub-stantial contribution to the power supply and are accordingly not economically viable. As a result, the rapidly growing, distributed energy market is poorly served by conventional wind power technology due to significant site requirements and restrictions. There is an unfulfilled need for economic wind energy that can be used near populated areas. We will present a breakthrough in VAWT technology, challenging convention.