Wind Power Systems™, LLC (WPS) Earth Friendly Patent Pending "Small Wind" Turbine

“Small & Micro Wind” market providing cost saving, sustainable, clean-tech energy independence.(PRWEB) 

 

 -- Wind Power Systems™ (WPS) has developed a Patent Pending, low cost, alternative energy vortex field vertical axis wind turbine (VFWT) for the commercial and residential “Small Wind” market.
The initial target markets are governmental. military, commercial and residential due to the general acceptance of the value proposition and immediate ROI.
The industrial, marine, municipal, and recreational markets will follow by a simple adjustment of the value proposition and ROI.
WPS has recently completed production of the third generation prototype and is currently in the product third - party validation stage. We have engaged a aerospace & mechanical engineers to perform a complete design review using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). CFD is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to analyze fluid and wind flow.
Our Strategic Relationship agreement with the highly respected, publicly traded company, MasTec, gives WPS the logistical and organizational breadth to roll-out very quickly and on a national scale.
A ‘State of the Art’ local manufacturing facility, located in a low income Enterprise Zone has been identified to produce our clean – tech systems. The company will partner with us for future growth and product modifications based on industry acceptance and requirements. WGSM has produced both the first and second generation WPS prototypes.
The WPS commercial and residential systems are compact and light weight for rooftop or pole mounted installation and are inexpensive to produce, transport and install, thus eliminating many of the challenges of traditional turbines. The ease of shipping and simple unskilled assembly makes the systems ideal for export and mobile use.
Individual systems have a capability output of less than 200W up to 100kW at a given moment. The WPS wind turbine quietly converts the kinetic energy in the wind into electricity to be used in a facility’s electrical system.

The limited competition has been successful in representing their products in the rapidly emerging market, but they have only tapped the ‘tip of the iceberg’ and do not have WPS’s wind turbines capabilities or high efficiency rating.
Our value proposition is clear and concise; Quickly and efficiently return the customer’s investment, then help them generate profits with the added value of being ‘Green’ and energy independent in a Low Carbon Economy.

 

 

 

 

 

Despite a whirlwind recession, a gust of stimulus has expedited the growth of wind energy in the US, which saw a 39% growth in capacity in 2009.

 

According to a report to be released by the American Wind Energy Association, the country is now close to having 2% of its energy provided by wind turbines.

 

The group claims that the growth in wind power was boosted by last year's stimulus package, which extended tax credits for the industry. However, the group warns that the recession has impacted several manufacturers, which could delay the availability of turbines and other power generation equipment.

 

Read more about this story at Wind Energy Industry Today.

 

 

Source: www.energylatest.com

 

Feed-in Tariffs are based on the electricity generated by a renewable energy system, with the bonus being that any surplus energy can be sold back to the grid.  This means you get paid more for the energy you don’t use than you pay for the energy you do use.  This encourages not only greater energy efficiency, but also the installation of renewable energy sources for homes and businesses.  So at times when you are not producing as much electricity as you are using, the shortfall is made up by importing energy from the grid.  Any surplus energy that you generate is sold back to the grid.

 

Feed-in Tariffs guarantee that anyone generating electricity from a renewable energy source – homeowner, business or electric utility – can sell that electricity to the grid and receive long-term payments for each kilowatt-hour produced.  Payments are set at pre-established rates, usually higher than what the market would ordinarily pay – to ensure that it generates a profitable return.

 

Although Feed-in Tariffs have been widely adopted in many countries throughout Europe, America has been slow to adopt this concept.  However, as public support for renewable energy has increased, more governments are adopting FIT policies to complement other renewable energy developments already employed.

 

Last year saw several US states and Canadian provinces begin serious consideration of the FIT model.  In the past, renewable energy projects have often struggled to gain the confidence of investors.  The FIT system addresses this by ensuring that anyone with a sun-drenched roof or a windy backyard may receive finding for a set period of time – normally 15-20 years.

 

 

Not all FITs are the same.  The North American programs enacted to date often limit the level of economic incentive, the project size, and the renewable energy source, compared to large-scale programs carried out in Europe.  Locations as disparate as the city of Gainesville, FL, the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of Washington recently have adopted measures establishing guaranteed long-term prices for clean electricity. A dozen more states and many more communities are considering similar energy policy proposals. For Example, Gainesville residents with photovoltaic panels on their roofs will get 32 cents a kilowatt-hour when they produce energy. (By contrast, homeowners in Florida last October paid on average 12 cents a kilowatt hour for their electricity, according to Department of Energy statistics.

 

Advocates of FITs say that the system is simpler, more effective and less expensive than traditional US incentives for renewable energy – which are often a complicated mix of tax incentives, rebates, state mandates and utility programs.

 

 

It has been argued that the slow implementation of FITs is purely political.  Some people argue that mandatory prices go against the economic culture in the states.  Gainesville has implemented the system with two short contracts – one for connecting to the grid and the other contract is for the purchase agreement.  The utility buys 100% of the power produced at a premium and finances the program through a monthly fee spread among all ratepayers  - that comes out to about 74 cents per month.

 

Although the monthly rate increase isn’t massive, the utilities are using the threat of “soaring energy bills” to scare customers.  As the payments are covered by ratepayers, they don’t hurt the utilities balance sheets.  But the FIT does make it easier for anyone to make a profit generating renewable electricity.  So in essence its asking utilities to help in their own demise.  Most utilities make their money by building power plants and selling the electricity to customers.  A FIT takes away the opportunity for the utility to earn on their investments.

 

 

 

 

 

A year into the Great Recession, innovation isn't slowing. This time, it's better batteries, more efficient solar cells, smarter appliances and electric cars, not to mention all the infrastructure needed to support the new ways energy will be generated and the new ways we'll be using it.

Yet for all the benefits that might be spawned by cleantech breakthroughs, no one knows how many jobs might be created -- or how many old jobs might be cannibalized. It also remains to be seen whether Americans will clamor for any of its products.

 

Still, big bets are being placed. The Obama administration is pledging to invest $150 billion over the next decade on energy technology and says that could create 5 million jobs. This recession has wiped out 7.2 million.

 

And cleantech is on track to be the dominant force in venture capital investments over the next few years, supplanting biotechnology and software. Venture capitalists have poured $8.7 billion into energy-related startups in the U.S. since 2006.

 

That pales in comparison with the dot-com boom, when venture cash sometimes topped $10 billion in a single quarter. But the momentum surrounding clean energy is reminiscent of the Internet's early days. Among the similarities: Although big projects are still dominated by large companies, the scale of the challenges requires innovation by smaller firms that hope to be tomorrow's giants.

 

"Ultimately IBM and AT&T didn't build the Internet. It was built by Silicon Valley startups," says Bob Metcalfe, an Internet pioneer who now invests in energy projects with Polaris Venture Partners. "And energy is going to be solved by entrepreneurial activity."

The action is happening at companies like GreatPoint Energy in Cambridge, Mass., which has developed a technique for turning coal into natural gas more cheaply and efficiently than previous methods.

 

GreatPoint plans to break ground next year on a power plant in Houston that will cost $800 million and create thousands of construction jobs, says its CEO, Andrew Perlman. Dow Chemical Co. and energy giants AES Corp., Suncor Energy Inc. and Peabody Energy are all GreatPoint investors.

 

 

A123 Systems, a Watertown, Mass., maker of lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, had one of the most lucrative public stock offerings this year, raising $437.5 million. Its stock price jumped more than 50 percent on the first day of trading in September, with investors willing to overlook that the company has yet to make money.

 

The Obama administration's promises about cleantech funding have galvanized the industry, reassuring entrepreneurs that they will have paying customers. The administration has said it will focus on putting more hybrid cars on the road, boosting the amount of electricity from renewable sources and investing in ways to cut pollution from coal.

 

One target is "smart grids." As utilities install digital meters in homes and Americans buy appliances that can communicate with the electric system, individual power consumption can be monitored more closely. People could be cued to dial down appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners when electricity is in highest demand. Such fine-tuning in millions of homes can reduce the need for new power plants.

 

At Tendril Networks Inc. of Boulder, Colo., which makes software that links utilities to smart-grid devices in homes, the staff has tripled over the past five months to 90. CEO Adrian Tuck says Tendril could grow even more if some of the $4.5 billion earmarked for smart grids in this year's federal stimulus goes to Tendril's clients.

 

"What we're about to see is every bit as big as the telecom revolution that gave birth to the Internet and cell phones," Tuck says. "It's going to create as many jobs and as much wealth for this country, if they get it right. Big, Google-sized companies are going to be born in this era, and we hope to be one of them."

 

The government's push for these developments parallels the expansion of railroads in the 19th century, when the government granted blocks of land to companies laying track, says Jack Brown, an associate professor in the University of Virginia's Department of Science, Technology and Society.

 

One difference, Brown points out, is that clean energy is such a vast field that government could make the wrong choice in backing one type of technology over another.

It's not just startups getting in the game. General Electric Co. plans to string transmission lines to deliver solar or wind power. Hewlett-Packard Co. is adapting techniques for printer cartridge chips so digital sensors can send data to smart grids.

 

But how much of an economic boost does all this add up to? It's hard to tell -- at least at this stage, without products people actually want to buy.

 

The laser, for instance, was a big innovation, but it wasn't clear at first what it could be used for. That's why there wasn't an economic boom in the 1960s from the advent of lasers, even though they ended up driving everything from medical devices to CD players for four decades.

Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University, Channel Islands, believes upgrading electric grids and finding new sources of power will provide steady job growth -- but won't be an economic powder keg.

 

Clean energy projects could simply replace old jobs and functions, like meter-readers. And there's no guarantee new jobs won't shift to countries with cheaper labor.

 

Some innovations take longer to reveal their economic effects. There are big booms based on specific innovations -- along the lines of railroads, automobiles and the Internet -- and then there are technologies that grow slowly, spawning offshoot industries for entrepreneurs to exploit over decades.

 

For example, the emergence of the integrated circuit led to the development of computer microprocessors, which enabled the PC revolution and in turn the Internet age. There's every reason to believe energy technology will fall into the same category, Brown says, but he adds: "It depends on how the bets actually play out."

 

 

 

 

 

UTICA, New York - A majority of likely voters - 71% - favors the American Clean Energy and Security Act recently passed by the House of Representatives, and two-thirds (67%) believe Congress is either doing the right amount (22%) or should be doing more (45%) to address global warming, new Zogby International telephone poll shows.  Just 28% believe that Congress is doing too much.

 

Respondents were read the following statement regarding the American Clean Energy and Security Act:

 

 

Favorable views for the bill were high among all age and income groups and even among Republicans, with 45% having a favorable view of the bill. Seventy-three percent of Independents and 89% of Democrats also took a favorable view of the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

 

The survey finds that two-thirds (68%) of likely voters believe a new American energy policy will not result in job losses, with a majority believing such efforts could instead bring about job growth. Respondents were asked how "efforts to reduce global warming and promote clean energy" will impact American jobs, and more than half (51%) believe this would lead to new job creation, while another 17% believe these efforts will not affect American jobs.

 

 

The Zogby International telephone survey of 1,005 likely voters was commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation and was conducted from July 31-August 4, 2009. The survey carries a margin of error of +/-3.2%.

The survey also shows 47% of likely voters would take a favorable view of their Congressperson if he or she voted in favor of the bill, while another 21% said it would make no difference in their opinion. Far fewer - 29% -- said they would view their Congressperson unfavorably if he or she voted in support of the bill.

 

Regarding Congressional action on global warming, a small majority of Republicans (54%) say Congress is doing too much, but a total of 42% say it should do more or is doing the right amount. Only 26% of political independents say Congress is doing too much, while two-thirds of Democrats (65%) want more Congressional action. More than 40% of every age group also wants more from Congress when it comes to taking action to combat global warming.

 

 

For content, contact: Miles Grant, National Wildlife Federation Communications Manager, 202-797-6855 (w), 703-864-9599 (cell) or grantm@nwf.org 

For methodology, contact: Stephanie DeVries, Corporate Communications and Research, Zogby International, 315-624-0200 ext. 273 or steph@zogby.com.