South Coast inventor harnesses the wind for power
COOS BAY, ORE - The South Coast has some notoriously turbulent winds, but as the nation looks towards a "green"-er future a local inventor is hoping to take those resources and power up the community.
Inventor Mary Geddry has designed a wind powered DC generator called the V-LIM Turbine, and while the wind energy technology has been around for a while, she says her turbine is a new concept. One she thinks will fair well in a community like this one. "In essence the turbine is the generator."
Geddry says unlike most turbines, the V-LIM is also designed to work well with turbulent winds.
Manufacturing the prototype is a local company called Vaiyu Turbine Technology, which says if the technology takes-off it could employ up to 75 people in the area.
The prototype should be finished in the next two-to-three weeks and will be followed by testing at the hands of some Portland State University Grad students.
Inventor Mary Geddry has designed a wind powered DC generator called the V-LIM Turbine, and while the wind energy technology has been around for a while, she says her turbine is a new concept. One she thinks will fair well in a community like this one. "In essence the turbine is the generator."
Geddry says unlike most turbines, the V-LIM is also designed to work well with turbulent winds.
Manufacturing the prototype is a local company called Vaiyu Turbine Technology, which says if the technology takes-off it could employ up to 75 people in the area.
The prototype should be finished in the next two-to-three weeks and will be followed by testing at the hands of some Portland State University Grad students.
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