The turbine is no danger to bird migration patterns, or wildlife, particularly if used in urban settings.
“But the main benefit of the technology is in reducing its environmental impact, its visual impact, and the cost of operating and maintaining the turbine.” “They complement each other well, because solar panels produce electricity during the day while wind speeds tend to be higher at night,” he says. This could be wind power’s answer to the home solar panel, says Yáñez. It plugs into the same trend for installing small-scale, on-site energy generation, which has helped homes and companies across the country save on their energy bills. These gaps could include urban and residential areas where the impact of a windfarm would be too great, and the space to build one would be too small. “Our technology has different characteristics which can help to fill the gaps where traditional windfarms might not be appropriate,” says Yáñez. It received 20,000 positive ratings from Reddit users. The top rated comment suggested a similar device might be found in your mother’s dresser drawer. The unmistakably phallic design attracted more than 94,000 ratings and 3,500 comments on the site.
It has already raised eyebrows on the forum site Reddit, where the turbine was likened to a giant vibrating sex toy, or “skybrator”. In reality, it is designed to oscillate within the wind range and generate electricity from the vibration. To the untrained eye it appears to waggle back and forth, not unlike a car dashboard toy. The bladeless turbines stand at 3 metres high, a curve-topped cylinder fixed vertically with an elastic rod. Equinor will also offer the startup development support through its tech accelerator programme. The design recently won the approval of Norway’s state energy company, Equinor, which named Vortex on a list of the 10 most exciting startups in the energy sector.
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