lughnasadh OP t1_it33btf wrote on October 20, 2022 at 4:08 PM

Submission Statements

Rooftop wind power is a sector that has seen many false starts and dodgy claims over the years. Is Aeromine any different? It looks like there may be reason to be cautiously optimistic.

I can see this solution often failing on NIMBY planning permission grounds. It seems a thing most neighbors would love to object to. It could still find lots of use cases however. Particularly in remote, rural, or particularly windy locations.

Alias_The_J t1_it4ycwv wrote on October 20, 2022 at 11:37 PM

An interesting idea, but I'd love to see power curve data for different wind directions; from what I can tell (and my admittedly layperson knowledge), it looks like the electricity produced would drop off very quickly even from ~15 degree deviations from the ideal wind direction.

WaitformeBumblebee t1_it6w4qv wrote on October 21, 2022 at 11:21 AM

5 kW turbine for a 3 sqm area? Apart from sporadic and localized gale winds I don't see much potential wind power to harvest in just 3sqm, much less in the kW range. I'm very skeptical of these claims.