A genius idea by a student of Arizona State University might just revolutionalise the way we perceive wind energy to be produced.
No need for vast wind fields, wind energy can be generated on something as simple as the highway signage poles!
Proposed on a busy highway system near Phoenix this connects 515 square miles of the Sonoran desert. The design will fit on the horizontal steel tube along with the highway signage, like a parasite catalyst.
Shaped like an axis, the wind turbines would be powered by the whooshing of the wind caused by the passing vehicles rushing at the average speed of 70 mph.
Each single wind turbine will be able to produce 9.600 Kwh of energy, annually even if the average wind speeds is kept at a minimum of10 mph. This energy is sufficient to light up a 700 sq ft apartment.
The power production estimated right now is being kept low, but it is expected to increase many folds as the vehicles would create average annual wind speeds much beyond the baseline of 10 mph.
The power produced by the wind is to be used for various purposes including lighting and shading the Grand Canal, Piestewa Parkway (State route 51), and Osborn road, there by making it a hub for community in night and day.
This is more than just a piece of imagination from a student’s mind. If the project gets recognized, we could soon see axis rotating on wide signage on freeway!
Via: greentallahassee
