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Wind energy to generate electricity, know how

The students through ‘Power Flower’ aim to address the issue of frequent power cuts in various regions across the country.

Innovation  : Greenfeathers.in
District        : Mysore
State            : Karnataka
Students     : Noel Mathew,Nikhil Mahesh kumar,Vinyas Chandra Shekhar
Mentor         : Yoga Deeba S P

The story in detail

Improvising the current systems is the essence of Innovation.The students from Excel Public School, Mysore wanted to address the issue of frequent power cuts in various regions across the country.

As the population increases the energy requirement also increases. Fossil fuels are non-renewable and are vanishing fast. Solar energy, wind energy and tidal energy are some of the alternative sources of clean and renewable energy. Solar energy is widely used but the cost of installing solar panels is way too high. Compared to solar and tidal energy, the cost of production of electricity from wind is less. However, the existing Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines require a lot of land, have high maintenance cost and can work only at optimum conditions of wind speed and wind direction. The impact of these HAWTs on the environment is very high.

“We have developed a new and innovative design for a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine rotor blade. We have named our design “Power Flower”. This design overcomes the aerodynamic constraints associated with regular Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines. Our new design will reduce the land requirement to setup wind farms.”

We are looking at making more efficient Vertical Axis Wind Turbines that are compact enough to be installed on roof tops of urban houses. We are also interested to explore the possibility of combining solar panels and free energy generators with our wind turbines so that the land can be used to its maximum.